Uncle: My Journey with John Purdue
Subtitle: The Founders Series
Contributors: Author
Edition: First
Series: The Founders Series
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: Spring, 2008
Place of publication: Lafayette, Indiana
Format: Paperback; Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781557534583
Subjects: Biography History
Genres: Biography History
First sentence: First sentence: His eyes followed me around the room.
Description: 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 Using fresh, unpublished source materials-including Purdue's personal correspondence, business ledgers, and the family oral histories-the author examines Purdue's beginning among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.
Notes: First of the Founders Series