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1 online resource (545 pages) |
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monochrome |
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Introduction : the sage -- Flying the Union Jack -- "An indubitable genius" -- A university is born -- Educator -- Twelfth president -- "Great personalities make great universities" -- An old shoe -- Teddy Roosevelt and a horse called Nicoletta -- "Dear Tessie" -- Mr. Butler's asylum -- At home--and away -- "Pick Nick for a picnic in November" -- "Kid" Butler, the Columbia Catamount, vs. "Wild Bill" Borah, the Boise Bearcat -- "Jastrow is, I am sorry to say, a Hebrew" -- Path to peace -- Perils of bolshevism, promises of fascism -- The fund raiser -- "Morningside's miracle" -- Resignation, retirements, and death -- Epilogue : the disappearance. |
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To those who loved him, like Teddy Roosevelt, he was ""Nicholas Miraculous, "" the fabled educator who had a hand in everything; to those who did not, like novelist Upton Sinclair, he was ""the intellectual leader of the American plutocracy, "" a champion of ""false and cruel ideals."" Ezra Pound branded him ""one of the more loathsome figures"" of the age. Whether celebrated or despised, Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) was an irresistible force who helped shape American history. With wit and irony, Rosenthal investigates Butler's rise to prominence as president of Columbia University, which h. |
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Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947.
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Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947. |
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Columbia University -- Presidents -- Biography.
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Columbia University. |
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Presidents. |
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Biographies.
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Columbia University Student Strike (1968) |
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College presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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College presidents. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Print version: Rosenthal, Michael. Nicholas Miraculous : The Amazing Career of the Redoubtable Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2015 9780231174213 |
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9780231539524 (electronic book) |
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0231539525 (electronic book) |
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