Ghosts of Johns Hopkins: The Life and Legacy That Shaped an American City

Title: Ghosts of Johns Hopkins: The Life and Legacy That Shaped an American City Author: Antero Pietila ISBN: 9781538116036 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Published: 2018 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. B 1615608 Publisher Description: Johns Hopkins destroyed his private papers so thoroughly that no credible biography exists of the Baltimore Quaker titan. One of America's richest men and the largest single shareholder of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Hopkins was also one of the city's defining developers. In The Ghosts of Johns Hopkins, Antero Pietila weaves together a biography of the man with a portrait of how the institutions he founded have shaped the