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Uncle: My Journey with John Purdue
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Series: Founders
Business Biographies19th Century United States HistoryRegional: Midwest
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ISBN10: 1557534578
ISBN13: 9781557534576
Publisher: Purdue Univ Pr
Published: Sep 1 2007
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.24
Height: 0.84 Width: 6.34 Depth: 9.13
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781557534576
Publisher: Purdue Univ Pr
Published: Sep 1 2007
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.24
Height: 0.84 Width: 6.34 Depth: 9.13
Language: English
In the most comprehensive biographical study of John Purdue (c. 1802-1876) to date, Purdue's great-great-grandniece describes her travels to the diverse places where Purdue had lived in order to learn about the mysterious relative known in her family as Uncle. Using fresh, unpublished source materials-including Purdue's personal correspondence, business ledgers, and the family oral histories-the author examines Purdue's beginning among illiterate, immigrant, Pennsylvania mountain-hollow folks. Uncle challenges a commonly held belief that Purdue was a cold-hearted business mogul. Instead the author shows Purdue as a human being and as a generous family man with a visionary nature.
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