Peabody College: From a Frontier Academy to the Frontiers of Teaching and Learning

by Paul K. Conkin

Today George Peabody College is a part of Vanderbilt University, as it has been since its merger in 1979. Its prior history was rich and complex. In this book, Paul Conkin, author of the award-winning history of Vanderbilt, Gone with the Ivy, tells the story of Peabody's many lives, of its successes and failures, and of its many colorful leaders and professors.

It all began as a small frontier academy in 1785. The institution that would...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826514251
• ISBN13: 9780826514257
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.1" x 10.4"