David French Boyd: Founder of Louisiana State University

by Germaine M. Reed

Book Overview

David Boyd's biography is the story of one man's dedicated struggle to protect and preserve Louisiana's fledgling state university from the cumulative effects of war, Reconstruction, political hostility, and parochial greed. Boyd fought hard to promote his vision of higher education among a largely antagonistic or apathetic citizenry. He died, bitter and disillusioned, in 1899, without realizing his dream. But his life was not wasted. Clearly those...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807124699
• ISBN13: 9780807124697
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"