Bibliograph

To be Hoosiers, historic stories of character & fortitude, Ray E. Boomhower

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To be Hoosiers, historic stories of character & fortitude, Ray E. Boomhower

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191)

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

To be Hoosiers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1121082795

Responsibility statement

Ray E. Boomhower

Sub title

historic stories of character & fortitude

Table Of Contents

Preface. What is a Hoosier? -- Balloons over the Speedway -- Indiana's favorite son: Benjamin Harrison -- Celebrating statehood: Indiana at 100 -- "Old Faithful" on Lake Michigan -- The father of Indiana history and the lake monster -- Amelia Earhart at Purdue University -- "Nobody wanted us": black aviators at Freeman Field -- The other Hoosier poet: William Herschell -- John Huddleston and the National Road -- Indiana and the Civil War -- The American diplomat: John Hay -- The people's choice: Congressman Jim Jontz -- Swamped: Marquis de Lafayette on the Ohio River -- Ring Lardner, South Bend and baseball -- Saving Washington: Lew Wallace and the Battle of Monocacy -- "The last enemy is destroyed": May Wright Sewall and spiritualism -- The speech: Robert F. Kennedy and Indianapolis -- Gus Grissom and the flight of Liberty Bell 7 -- The Hoosier slide -- Lost at sea: Norman H. Vandivier and the Battle of Midway -- A gathering of posey: the Western Association of Writers

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