A consequential life : David Lowry Swain, nineteenth-century North Carolina, and their university /

"Over half a century ago historian Hugh T. Lefler viewed Swain as a North Carolina leader who perhaps merited full-length biographical treatment. A Consequential Life fills this perceived gap in the state's biographical literature. It not only details the life and work of the man who was a...

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Main Author: Whichard, Willis P. (Author)
Other Authors: Watson, Harry L. (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University Library, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, [2022]
Series:Coates university leadership series.
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Summary:"Over half a century ago historian Hugh T. Lefler viewed Swain as a North Carolina leader who perhaps merited full-length biographical treatment. A Consequential Life fills this perceived gap in the state's biographical literature. It not only details the life and work of the man who was arguably the state's most significant nineteenth-century leader; in the process it also recounts the history of the state's university in the three-plus decades when he was the focal point of its life"--
Physical Description:xx, 729 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469666181
1469666189