Horace Holley: Transylvania University and the Making of Liberal Education in the Early American Republic

by James P. Cousins

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. Many Kentuckians doubted his leadership abilities, some questioned his Unitarian beliefs, and others simply found him arrogant and elitist. Nevertheless, Holley ushered in a period of sustained educational and cultural growth at Transylvania, and the university...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813168570
• ISBN13: 9780813168579
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary