The Lamp in the Desert
Author | : Douglas D. Martin |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2014-09-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781941451021 |
ISBN-13 | : 1941451020 |
Rating | : 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Lamp in the Desert written by Douglas D. Martin and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.