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Elizabeth Coble found herself living with daughters, Catherine and Nancy, at Vanderberg Plantation, in Iredell Co., NC. Here they were treated as family, rather than employees. Catherine meets her future husband, John Stamper, when he arrives to help with planting. Within the year, they were married, and dreaming big dreams of land, farm and children. John and Catherine would bond together through turmoil and tragedy, while a murderer roamed their county and they faced a kidnapping head on. The year 1850 proved to be a devastating year for Catherine trying to hold her family together. The...

Illustrates how colleges and universities are the sustaining lifeblood of civil society and that when these vital institutions are underfunded, both the community and economy suffer. Michael T. Benson and Hal R. Boyd examine the historical origins of higher education in America and analyze the benefits of postsecondary education.