The Hovde Years : : A Biography of Frederick L. Hovde / / by Robert W. Topping
This biography details Hovde’s life and times from his birth at Erie, Pennsylvania, through his boyhood at Devils Lake, North Dakota, and includes his student days at the University of Minnesota and in England and Europe as a Rhodes scholar. In addition, it outlines his career from the time he retur...
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Place / Publishing House: | Indiana" : Purdue University Press,, 2019. ©2019. |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (480 pages). |
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