02119oam 22004814a 450 991013602930332120240501144215.00-8131-6859-70-8131-6880-50-8131-6858-9(CKB)3710000000908884(MiAaPQ)EBC4718716(StDuBDS)EDZ0001659636(OCoLC)960977311(MdBmJHUP)muse53072(EXLCZ)99371000000090888420160912d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierHorace Holley Transylvania University and the Making of Liberal Education in the Early American Republic /James P. Cousins1st ed.Lexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,2016.©20161 online resource (323 pages) illustrationsPreviously issued in print: 2016.0-8131-6857-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 "Great Truths" -- 2 "Term of Severe Trial" -- 3 "The State of Society" -- 4 "A New Era of Literature" -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- 5 "Traces of Vast Design" -- 6 "A Time of Fruitsand Flowers" -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.Outspoken New England urbanite Horace Holley (1781-1827) was an unlikely choice to become the president of Transylvania University - the first college established west of the Allegheny Mountains. In this definitive biography, James P. Cousins offers fresh perspectives on a seminal yet controversial figure in American religious history and educational life.College presidentsUnited StatesBiographyElectronic books. College presidents378.0092Cousins James1976-1246564MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910136029303321Horace Holley2890287UNINA