The Lamp in the Desert The Story of the University of Arizona |
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Author:
| Martin, Douglas D. |
Foreword by:
| Hart, Ann Weaver |
ISBN: | 978-1-941451-02-1 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2014 |
Publisher: | University of Arizona Press
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Imprint: | Sentinel Peak Books |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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With six teachers, no books, and thirty-two students, Old Main opened its doors to the first pupils of the University of Arizona in 1891. A rugged beacon among the cacti, the campus emerged from a forty-acre donation from two gamblers and a saloonkeeper.
The Lamp in the Desert is Douglas D. Martin's history of the first seventy-five years of the University of Arizona. From early football wins by Coach McKale to the work of celebrated scholars, this is a story of the...
More Description With six teachers, no books, and thirty-two students, Old Main opened its doors to the first pupils of the University of Arizona in 1891. A rugged beacon among the cacti, the campus emerged from a forty-acre donation from two gamblers and a saloonkeeper. The Lamp in the Desert is Douglas D. Martin's history of the first seventy-five years of the University of Arizona. From early football wins by Coach McKale to the work of celebrated scholars, this is a story of the places and the people whose names are still visible reminders of the early innovators that helped to build a world-class institution.