| The Lamp in the Desert: The Story of the University of Arizona Contributor(s): Martin, Douglas D. (Author), Hart, Ann Weaver (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1941451020 ISBN-13: 9781941451021 Publisher: Sentinel Peak Books OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |