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Add this copy of The Life of Jonathan Baldwin Turner to cart. $67.47, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Palala Press.
I am prejudiced in my review as I am a direct descendant of Jonathan Baldwin Turner, being his great x 3 grandson. This book, written by his niece, is an excellent synopsis of his interesting life. Turner had a Divinity degree from Yale and would be thought of as a liberal Christian by today's standards. He was an avid abolitionist and participated in the Underground Railroad under threat of loss of life. In addition, he was a friend of Abraham Lincoln and visited him on several occasions. Turner was indirectly the founder of the Land Grant Act and the University of Illinois, which has both buildings and scholarships in his name. FInally, he was also an agricultural genius. Turner was truly a renaissance man, and Carriel's book does a superb job of telling his story and is quite readable as well.
