May 4, 2020

Looking for a new book to read? Purdue Press has you covered

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Even though Purdue faculty, staff and students are spending more time at home during social distancing, they can still take a trip to space, explore campus through photos or learn the history behind some of Purdue’s landmarks with just a turn of a page.

Below is a list of books available through Purdue University Press that have Purdue connections. On Wednesday (May 6), Purdue University Press will kick-off a special discount that offers 50% off all books in honor of Purdue’s 151st birthday and the Class of 2020. The sale will continue through May 11. More information and the code for the discount can be found here.

* ”Ever True: 150 Years of Giant Leaps at Purdue University” by John Norberg

* “Purdue at 150: A Visual History of Student Life” by David M. Hovde, Adriana Harmeyer, Neal Harmeyer, and Sammie L. Morris

* “Dear Neil Armstrong: Letters to the First Man from All Mankind” by James R. Hansen

* “A Reluctant Icon: Letters to Neil Armstrong” by James R. Hansen

* “Wings of Their Dreams: Purdue in Flight, Second Edition” by John Norberg

* “The Deans' Bible: Five Purdue Women and Their Quest for Equality” by Angie Klink

Dear Neil Armstrong

* “Spacewalker: My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA’s Record-Setting Frequent Flyer” by Jerry L. Ross and John Norberg

* “Becoming a Spacewalker: My Journey to the Stars” by Jerry L. Ross and Susan G. Gunderson

* “Just Call Me Orville: The Story of Orville Redenbacher” by Robert W. Topping

* “Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom (Revised and Expanded)” by George Leopold

* “Ross-Ade: Their Purdue Stories, Stadium, and Legacies” by Robert C. Kriebel

* “Midas of the Wabash: A Biography of John Purdue” by Robert C. Kriebel

* “Force for Change: The Class of 1950” by John Norberg

* “Edward Charles Elliott, Educator” by Frank K. Burrin

* “The Hovde Years: A Biography of Frederick L. Hovde” by Robert W. Topping

* “Richard Owen: Scotland 1810, Indiana 1890” by Victor Lincoln Albjerg

* “My Amiable Uncle: Recollections of Booth Tarkington” by Susanah Mayberry

Dean's Bible

* “The Dean: A Biography of A.A. Potter” by Robert B. Eckles

* “For the Good of the Farmer: A Biography of John Harrison Skinner, Dean of Purdue Agriculture” by Frederick Whitford

* “Slow Ball Cartoonist: The Extraordinary Life of Indiana Native and Pulitzer Prize Winner John T. McCutcheon of the Chicago Tribune” by Tony Garel-Frantzen

* “A University of Tradition: The Spirit of Purdue, Second Edition” compiled by the Purdue Reamer Club

* “Divided Paths, Common Ground: The Story of Mary Matthews and Lella Gaddis, Pioneering Purdue Women Who Introduced Science into the Home” by Angie Klink

* “Heartbeat of the University: 125 Years of Purdue Bands” by John Norberg

* “Letters of George Ade” by Terence Tobin

* “A Purdue Icon: Creation, Life, and Legacy” by James L. Mullins

* “The Grand Old Man of Purdue University and Indiana Agriculture: The Biography of William Carroll Latta” by Frederick Whitford and Andrew G. Martin

* “The Queen of American Agriculture: A Biography of Virginia Claypool Meredith” by Frederick Whitford, Andrew G. Martin, and Phyllis Mattheis

* “Uncle: My Journey with John Purdue” by Irena McCammon Scott


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