Lincoln Memorial University and the shaping of Appalachia / Earl J. Hess.

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Hess, Earl J

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xix, 319 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781572338036
1572338032

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lincoln Memorial University and the Shaping of Appalachia.DDC classification:

378.768/944

LOC classification:

LD3071.L72 .H47 2011

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Contents:

A larger enterprise -- A monument to Abraham Lincoln -- Young Lincolns -- Stooksbury's school -- Howard's monument -- Modernization -- Strike -- Crisis and survival -- A new day for Lincoln Memorial -- The Lincoln stamp.

Summary: Located near Cumberland Gap in the rugged hills of East Tennessee, Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) was founded in 1897 to help disadvantaged Appalachian youth and reward the descendents of Union loyalists in the region. Its founder was former Union General Oliver Otis Howard, a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, who made it his mission to sustain an institution of higher learning in the mountain South that would honor the memory of the Civil War president.

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Located near Cumberland Gap in the rugged hills of East Tennessee, Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) was founded in 1897 to help disadvantaged Appalachian youth and reward the descendents of Union loyalists in the region. Its founder was former Union General Oliver Otis Howard, a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, who made it his mission to sustain an institution of higher learning in the mountain South that would honor the memory of the Civil War president.