Lincoln Memorial University and the Shaping of Appalachia

by Earl J. Hess

Located near Cumberland Gap in the rugged hills of East Tennessee, Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) was founded in 1897 to help disadvantaged Appalachian youth and reward the descendents of Union loyalists in the region. Its founder was former Union General Oliver Otis Howard, a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, who made it his mission to sustain an institution of higher learning in the mountain South that would honor the memory of the Civil War...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572337524
• ISBN13: 9781572337527
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"