Across Fortune's Tracks: A Biography of William Rand Kenan, JrUNC Press Books, 1996 - 417 pages William Rand Kenan, Jr. (1872-1965) is best remembered throughout his native North Carolina as a major benefactor of his alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. But he was also a gifted scientist and business executive. In this first |
Contents
The Kenans of North Carolina | 3 |
The Crucible of Fortune | 34 |
The Ins and Outs of UNC | 49 |
Calcium Carbide and Acetylene | 75 |
The Columbus of Carbide | 103 |
For Better or Worse | 138 |
Mary Lily and Her Families | 161 |
Between the Tracks | 191 |
War on the Empire | 237 |
Shared Knowledge and SelfEsteem | 259 |
Incidents and the War | 285 |
A Place to Come To | 303 |
Disembarking | 320 |
Notes | 333 |
Bibliography | 387 |
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