Download or read book Jambalaya, 1897, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Tulane University and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Jambalaya, 1897, Vol. 2 Tobias Gibson, father of Randall Gibson, was the owner of a large Louisiana estate, and among his other possessions was numbered a delightful summer home near Lexington, Ky. It was in this latter community, the home of Henry Clay, that his distinguished son was born and reared. Randall Gibson graduated from Yale in '53 and was valedictorian of that class. There is an incident of his career there which may be of 110 small interest to college men, and which may also serve as an illustration of his youthful temperament. It is related by one of his class-mates that while delivering the oration which was part of the Class Day programme, although enjoying the closest attention of his audience, Gibson was so overcome by the idea that his performance of the part was not equal to the occasion that he stopped short in the midst of his speech, bowed to his audience and class-mates, and descended from the platform. It is added by the same authority that to him alone, of all those present, had the semblance of such a thought occurred. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.