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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Saga of Lucien L. Nunn & Deep Springs College
  title info:
    title: Electric edge of academe : the saga of Lucien L. Nunn and Deep Springs College
  name:
    name part: Newell, L. Jackson
    name part: 1938-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Vollmann, William T.
    role:
      role term: writer of foreword.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: History
  genre: Biographies.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: utu
    date issued: 2025
    edition: Revised paperback edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxviii, 455 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  abstract: Here is a look at the life and legacy of an irrepressible innovator. Pushing against both social convention and technological boundaries, L.L. Nunn left enduring marks on economic and social history, labor development, and, educational reform. The Saga of Lucien L. Nunn and Deep Springs College is a bold portrayal of this progressive-era hydroelectric power magnate who, driven by a dynamic conscience, also became a force for social change and educational experimentation. In 1891, Nunn, working with Tesla and Westinghouse, pioneered the world's first commercial production of high-tension alternating current (AC) for long-distance transmission--something Thomas Edison deemed dangerous and irresponsible. After creating the Telluride Power Company, Nunn constructed the state-of-the-art Olmsted Power Plant in Provo Canyon and the Ontario Power Works at Niagara Falls. To support this new technology, he developed an imaginative model of industrial training that became so compelling that he ultimately abandoned his entrepreneurial career to devote his wealth and talents to experimenting with a new model of liberal education. In 1917, Nunn founded Deep Springs College in eastern California. The school remains one of the most daring, progressive, and selective institutions of higher learning in America. Newell examines how Nunn's radical educational ideas have survived internal and external challenges for nearly a century and explores their relevance today.
  note: L. Jackson Newell ; foreword by William T. Vollmann.
  note: Previously published as "The electric edge of academe : the saga of Lucien L. Nunn and Deep Springs College."--2015
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-439) and index.
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Deep Springs College
    topic: History
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Nunn, L. L. (Lucien Lucius)
      name part: 1853-1925
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Nunn, L. L. (Lucien Lucius)
      name part: 1853-1925
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Deep Springs College
  subject:
    topic: HISTORY
    geographic: United States
    topic: State & Local
    topic: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
  subject:
    topic: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
    topic: Educators
  classification: LC5301.D44 N49 2025
  identifier: 1647692792
  identifier: 9781647692797
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 250612
    record change date: 20260408142543.3
    record identifier: in00005783935
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng