Edward Sorin
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (715 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0268027595 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 792 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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William Reifsteck said More than just another Notre Dame book. 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 expands into three foreign continents. As a student of Notre Dame history I found that Father O'Connell was able to give me new insight into the inner worki. Gary E. Luffey MD said A true American adventure. 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 physical elements, was commonplace for Sorin. The author has done an excellent job of capturing the life of Sorin, and allows his subject to serve as an exa. Amazon Customer said Five Stars. this book was well researchedI was trying to learn how / why Notre Dame "landed" in Indiana.
This encyclopedic work is both engaging and academic and destined to be the definitive work on Edward Sorin. Recommended for all academic libraries. 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 experiences Sorin's challenges and joys as he faced this daunting goal. 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. John-Leonard Berg, Univ. of Wisconsin, Platteville Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. Drawing on archival resources, many housed at the University of Notre Dame, and on his own travels and studies, O'Connell chronicles the life of the missionary priest from France who founded the world-famous University of Notre Dame. F
It describes how he overcame great odds to found and grow one of world's premier Catholic institutions of higher learning.. This volume offers an account of the life and labours of Edward Sorin, founder of the University of Notre Dame