LEADER 02626oam 22005654a 450 001 9910591158003321 005 20251025110027.0 010 $a9781557539250 010 $a1557539251 010 $a9781557539267 010 $a155753926X 035 $a(CKB)4100000009825990 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5973951 035 $a(OCoLC)1227051951 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse87446 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/93157 035 $a(Perlego)1600599 035 $a(oapen)doab93157 035 $a(ODN)ODN0005104401 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009825990 100 $a20100413d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Midas of the Wabash$eA Biography of John Purdue /$fRobert C. Kriebel 210 $cPurdue University Press$d2019 210 1$aWest Lafayette, Ind. :$cPurdue University Press,$d2002. 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2021 210 4$dİ2002. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 182 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aFounders. 311 08$a9781557532879 311 08$a1557532877 330 $aThe Midas of the Wabash is a biography of noted businessman John Purdue (1802-1876), whose donations of time and money led to the founding of Indiana's land grant university, Purdue University, in 1869. Purdue also contributed to economically important bridge, railroad, and cemetery construction, the existence of Lafayette Savings Bank and the Battle Ground Collegiate Institute, cattle farming, Lafayette's public school system, and countless other worthy enterprises. This is the first published full length study of Mr. Purdue's life and work beyond casual street-talk that portrayed Purdue as a difficult individual with whom to work. This biography incorporates research efforts by previous writers with facts gleaned from newspaper coverage, official documents, and a few rare samples of Mr. Purdue's letters. In this way, a complete picture of the man and myth is generated. 606 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business$2bisacsh 606 $aBenefactors$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00830324 608 $aBiographies. 615 7$aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business 615 0$aBenefactors. 676 $a378.77295 686 $aBIO003000$aHIS036040$aHIS036090$2bisacsh 700 $aKriebel$b Robert C.$f1932-$01255577 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910591158003321 996 $aThe Midas of the Wabash$92911051 997 $aUNINA