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An engrossing biography of a major American figure who skirmished with many of the twentieth-century’s leading philanthropists, statesmen, and educators.

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Foreword, by Patricia O'Toole Introduction: The Sage Flying the Union Jack "An Indubitable Genius" A University Is Born Educator The 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'm Sorry to Say, a Hebrew" The Path to Peace Perils of Bolshevism, Promises of Fascism The Fund-raiser "Morningside's Miracle" Resignation, Retirements, and Death Epilogue: The Disappearance Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: 09/06/2015
      ISBN13: 9780231174213, 978-0231174213
      ISBN10: 0231174217
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An engrossing biography of a major American figure who skirmished with many of the twentieth-century’s leading philanthropists, statesmen, and educators.

      Table of Contents
      Foreword, by Patricia O'Toole Introduction: The Sage Flying the Union Jack "An Indubitable Genius" A University Is Born Educator The 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'm Sorry to Say, a Hebrew" The Path to Peace Perils of Bolshevism, Promises of Fascism The Fund-raiser "Morningside's Miracle" Resignation, Retirements, and Death Epilogue: The Disappearance Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

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