Grinnell College in the Nineteenth Century: From Salvation to Service 1st Edition (1997)
by Joseph Frazier Wall (Author)
In this most engaging history of one of America's premier liberal arts colleges, Professor Wall captures far more than the formation and growth of Grinnell College, Iowa. It is also a story about organized religion and religious values in nineteenth-century America, about westward expansion across the Mississippi River, and about town building on the prairies. Strong personalities drive the early college: Leonard and Sarah Parker, George F. Magoun, George Herron, Carrie Rand, Martha Foote Crowe, and above all, George Augustus Gates. Wall's quotations from personal letters and college minutes illuminate their backgrounds, motivations, and aspirations. The book was originally commissioned by President George Drake as a sesquicentennial history of the college. This volume contains the story Wall had completed when he died. Mrs Bea Wall finished her husband's last chapter.

This Is Brief History of Grinnell College, From It’s Very Difficult Earliest Days: This quick reader’s summary is what happens to have been placed just inside the dust jacket of Joseph Frazier Wall’s a Sesquicentennial History of Grinnell College, also mentioned in the previous photo.

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