John R Cross

Whispering Pines

History at Bowdoin College

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Produktbeschreibung

Whispering Pines explores the rich historical contributions of the college as they pertain to the world and national events occurring at the time. Taken as a whole, it supplies a surprising and fascinating context to the overall course of American history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Down East Books
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2029
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• ISBN-13: 9781608936885
• ISBN-10: 1608936880
• Artikelnr.: 55024880

Autorenporträt

By John R Cross

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Origins The College Founded Inaugural Thorndike Oak 1820
Cluster What's Not there: Old Chapel Moorehead Tavern Longfellow's Bowdoin
LaFayette's tour Antebellum Bowdoin Packard/Smyth House The View from
Opposite Ends of the Street Seba Smith The Rush for Gold Presidential
Election of 1852 The Medical School of Maine and Liberia The Civil War and
Reconstruction 1860 Baseball Bowdoin at Gettysburg Brothers in Arms and at
Odds Joseph Christmas Ives Something Abides Class of 1866 1877 Cluster The
Drill Rebellion of 1874 Charlie Morse, the Ice King A Prodigal Brother The
Gilded Age Searles Science Building Levers of Government Sumner Kimball
Contributions to Knowledge Pioneers in Physics and Electricity Seeing the
Invisible Alfred Kinsey Into the 20th Century Jack London at Bowdoin The
Polar Bear as Mascot John Arnett Mitchell's Key to Success Bowdoin in the
World Let the Games Begin A Suitable Monument What If? As Lived Experiences
Recede Into History