Hi readers, I’m Dr. Joanie. In this blog post I’d like to talk about the recent discovery of a handwritten copy of a well-known American history textbook from 1935 – Christopher Dewey Culpin’s “Making History – A Textbook in World Civilization, Ancient and Modern”. This book is also known as "Making History". Some people find it strange that there's a need for an introduction to this article - well it'll be used as an intro for the article itself :) In 1939 the original publisher entered into agreement with publisher Prentice-Hall Inc. to publish this book. The book was written by Mr. Culpin, who was the president of the Culpin Manufacturing Company of Pascagoula, Mississippi. 'the wholesale price is $4 for this series - The Making History Book' Mr. Culpin's goal was to write a book that would contain vast amount of facts about world history in an easy to understand format for students at all levels of education. He wrote the text expecting that the books would be used as primary texts in college courses and high school curriculum, as well as being used as reading material for both home and public libraries around the world. Mr. Culpin wrote the book at a time when the economy was still suffering from the effects of the Great Depression. He had his reasons for writing this book and publishing it: "The ideal of this series is to make history more interesting and more comprehensible to all, but especially to those who have found history dull and uninteresting. I believe my effort will be received with favor if my books can do even a little towards making vivid the years that are gone by, and bringing into such clearer focus those that are passing, that they will be seen as time which has been filled with interesting events worthy of study and retelling". I think it's easy to understand why Mr. Culpin was optimistic about his project. He had worked very hard to write this book with all his knowledge, thoughts and ideas. He wanted to share all he knew with the readers around the world, so they could enjoy studying history as much as he did :) Culpin was born in 1891 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He graduated from Princeton University in 1914 with a B.S. degree with high honors in mechanical engineering, where he also served on the board of editors of the "Princeton Alumni Weekly". He became president of Culpin Manufacturing Company in 1920 and oversaw its expansion into production of oil drilling equipment, airplane parts and other products for industry. He was also an inventor. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001999110007457X I guess you already know that Mr. Culpin decided to make history more interesting by writing this book which was published in 1935 by Prentice-Hall Inc of New York, NY. He wanted to share his love for studying history with everyone around the world who'd be interested in reading his book. 8eeb4e9f32 32
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