Nicholas Miraculous
Subtitle: the redoubtable Dr. Butler of Columbia University
By: Michael Rosenthal.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780374299941
Subjects: Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947.; Columbia University -- Presidents -- Biography.; College presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the sage; title: Flying the Union Jack; title: "An indubitable genius"; title: A university is born; title: Educator; title: Twelfth president; title: "Great personalities make great universities"; title: An old shoe; title: Teddy Roosevelt and a horse called Nicoletta; title: "Dear Tessie"; title: Mr. Butler's asylum; title: At home; title: and away; title: "Pick Nick for a picnic in November"; title: "Kid" Butler, the Columbia Catamount, vs. "Wild Bill" Borah, the Boise Bearcat; title: "Jastrow is, I am sorry to say, a Hebrew"; title: Path to peace; title: Perils of bolshevism, promises of fascism; title: The fund raiser; title: "Morningside's miracle"; title: Resignation, retirements, and death; title: Epilogue : the disappearance.