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Whispering Pines

History at Bowdoin College
  • ISBN-13: 9781608936885
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: DOWN EAST BOOKS
  • By John R. Cross
  • Price: AUD $60.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 01/12/2024
  • Format: Hardback 200 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History [HB]
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Bowdoin College, founded in 1794, is Maine's oldest institution of higher learning. As such, it has featured prominently in Maine's and America's histories. Alumni include such literary figures as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Civil War general and Maine governor Joshua Chamberlain, President Franklin Pierce, and first female Olympic marathon gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson. Whispering Pines explores the rich historical contributions of the college as they pertain to the world and national events occurring at the time. Taken as a whole, it supplies a surprising and fascinating context to the overall course of American history.
Introduction Origins The College Founded Inaugural Thorndike Oak 1820 Cluster What's Not there: Old Chapel Moorehead Tavern Longfellow's Bowdoin LaFayette's tour Antebellum Bowdoin Packard/Smyth House The View from Opposite Ends of the Street Seba Smith The Rush for Gold Presidential Election of 1852 The Medical School of Maine and Liberia The Civil War and Reconstruction 1860 Baseball Bowdoin at Gettysburg Brothers in Arms and at Odds Joseph Christmas Ives Something Abides Class of 1866 1877 Cluster The Drill Rebellion of 1874 Charlie Morse, the Ice King A Prodigal Brother The Gilded Age Searles Science Building Levers of Government Sumner Kimball Contributions to Knowledge Pioneers in Physics and Electricity Seeing the Invisible Alfred Kinsey Into the 20th Century Jack London at Bowdoin The Polar Bear as Mascot John Arnett Mitchell's Key to Success Bowdoin in the World Let the Games Begin A Suitable Monument What If? As Lived Experiences Recede Into History
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