Front cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 "Great Truths" -- 2 "Term of Severe Trial" -- 3 "The State of Society" -- 4 "A New Era of Literature" -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- 5 "Traces of Vast Design" -- 6 "A Time of Fruitsand Flowers" -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Outspoken New England urbanite Horace Holley (1781-1827) was an unlikely choice to become the president of Transylvania University - the first college established west of the Allegheny Mountains. In this definitive biography, James P. Cousins offers fresh perspectives on a seminal yet controversial figure in American religious history and educational life