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A man of salt and trees : the life of Joy Morton / James Ballowe.
Van Pelt Library F548.5.M88 B35 2009
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LIBRA F548.5.M88 B35 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ballowe, James.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Morton, Joy, 1855-1934.
- Morton, Joy.
- Businesspeople.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Biography.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Businesspeople--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- Morton Salt Company.
- Morton Arboretum.
- Chicago (Ill.)--History--1875---Biography.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 302 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Life of Joy Morton
- Place of Publication:
- DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Pt. 1. 1854-1879
- Prologue
- A prairie education
- A prolonged apprenticeship
- Pt. 2. 1880-1915
- A place in Chicago
- Joy Morton & Co.
- Two cities
- Business and politics
- Toward a new century
- Civic commitment
- The house on the hill
- Pt. 3. 1916-1934
- War : home and abroad
- The Morton Arboretum
- Investing in Illinois
- Embracing the future
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-292) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780875803982
- 0875803989
- OCLC:
- 269455778
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