William Marsh Rice and his institute :: the centennial edition /

In 1891 William Marsh Rice made a generous bequest in order to found the distinguished Houston institution that bears his name. Ironically, this very bequest helped to bring about his murder, an act of treachery perpetrated by a conniving attorney and Rice's naïve, malleable manservant. This c...

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1. Verfasser: Muir, Andrew Forest, 1916-1969
Weitere Verfasser: Hall, Randal L., 1971-, Lowe, Sylvia Stallings
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2012.
Ausgabe:1st ed.
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Zusammenfassung:In 1891 William Marsh Rice made a generous bequest in order to found the distinguished Houston institution that bears his name. Ironically, this very bequest helped to bring about his murder, an act of treachery perpetrated by a conniving attorney and Rice's naïve, malleable manservant. This captivating tale-full of intrigue, legal twists and turns, and sensational revelations-an important part of the full biography of Rice himself, received its first careful historical investigation by Andrew Forest Muir, a longtime professor of history at Rice University who, beginning in 1957, perf.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 180 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781603446884
1603446885

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