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An entertaining and humourous biography of Peter Freeman: arms manufacturer, cigar producer, international tennis player, MP, theosophist, animal rights and green issues campaigner - and ladies' man of renown!
Over 400 pages with 380 photos, more than half in color, author describes eighty-five year life growing up in Irish, Croatian, German family in Whiting, Indiana, a Chicago suburb on the shore of Lake Michigan. Memoir details family heritage, quarterback of Whiting High state championship football team, nation’s leading football scorer at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, coach of the Rose-Hulman football team, earning a BS at Rose-Hulman, MS at The University of Kansas, and PhD at Illinois Institute of Technology; engineering professor at Virginia Tech and then the University of Virginia, expert in mechanics of fibrous composites, founding director of the NASA-Virginia Tech Composites Program, instigator of the Virginia Tech personal computer initiative, ACC football official, leader in U. S. national and international mechanics committees (ASME, SES, USNC/TAM, IUTAM), international travels; sixty-two (continuing) years of marriage with four children and eight grandchildren.
From the days of French explorers and the establishment of Fort Harrison in 1811 to the rise of the "Pittsburgh of the West" and beyond, Terre Haute's history is a study in paradox. Home to prominent schools, railroads, and distilleries as well as social reformers, national figures, and corrupt politicians, the city that grew up along the Wabash suffered devastating setbacks but also soared to spectacular achievements.
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This work by over 25 authors, gives an insight into the successes and failures of town and country planning over the last 50 years. Written largely by professional planners, this illustrated book should be of interest to everyone with an interest in planning and development.
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