Edward Sorin
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (703 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0268027595 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 792 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Library Journal A skilled biographer and professor emeritus of history at Notre Dame, O'Connell (Blaise Pascal: Reason of the Heart) honors the legacy of Edward Sorin with blunt honesty and fraternal esteem. This encyclopedic work is both engaging and academic and destined to be the definitive work on Edward Sorin. O'Connell has thoroughly researched and documented the life and labor of Sorin, beginning with his birth in Ahuille, France, and concluding some 79 years later in the presbytery at Notre Dame, surrounded by his beloved religious co-workers. . Sorin was given the task of creating a college, and in a short 800 pages the reader enters into the world of 19th-century Catholicism and ex
This volume offers an account of the life and labours of Edward Sorin, founder of the University of Notre Dame. It describes how he overcame great odds to found and grow one of world's premier Catholic institutions of higher learning.
"More than just another Notre Dame book" according to William Reifsteck. Marvin O'Connell's biography of Edward Sorin is an excellent work of scholarship as well as a superbly written story. Let me preface this review by saying that that as an undergraduate history major at Notre Dame I looked forward to Father O'Connell's classes because they were some of the best. He is a master storyteller and can make the mundane issues of history come to life.In this book O'Connell tells us the story of a young religious order that has a missionary zeal expand. A true American adventure Gary E. Luffey MD Marvin O'Connell has done a wonderful and complete job of describing the life of Edward Sorin. The author begins in a small French village and brings the life of Sorin forward in clear and entertaining language. A story of faith, courage, and determination unfold in the 800 pages without wasting the readers time. The story of Edward Sorin who founded the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana reflects the American spirit. Overcoming difficulties, both human and physic. Amazon Customer said Five Stars. this book was well researchedI was trying to learn how / why Notre Dame "landed" in Indiana.