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Autobiography of a Farm Boy by Isaac Phillips Roberts, introduction by Liberty Hyde Bailey is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>This autobiography of the first Dean of the College of Agriculture at Cornell University offers an unconventional account of farm life in New York and the Middle West during the nineteenth century, and of the difficulties attendant upon building up a vital and progressive agricultural college.</p><p>Born in Seneca County, New York, in 1833, Isaac Phillips Roberts emigrated west—first to Indiana, where he worked as a carpenter until he was able to buy a farm, and taught school during the winte
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- Author
- Isaac Phillips Roberts, introduction by Liberty Hyde Bailey
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781501729706
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Memoir, Education
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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