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Justus S. Stearns : Michigan pine king and Kentucky coal baron, 1845-1933 / Michael W. Nagle.
Lippincott Library HD9550.S74 N345 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nagle, Michael W., author.
- Series:
- Great Lakes books
- Great Lakes Books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stearns, Justus S. (Justus Smith), 1845-1933.
- Stearns, Justus S.
- Businessmen--United States--Biography.
- Businessmen.
- United States.
- Michigan--Biography.
- Michigan.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 269 pages : illusrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- 1 Early Life and Family Connections 7
- 2 Booms, Busts, and a Benefactor for Ludington 28
- 3 The Making of a Politician 52
- 4 Lumbering on Wisconsin Indian Reservations 74
- 5 Establishing Operations in Kentucky and Tennessee 104
- 6 Mining Coal in Kentucky 124
- 7 Union Conflict and Years of Prosperity 143
- 8 Entrepreneur and Philanthropist 165
- 9 A Life Considered 192.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-259) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0814341268
- 9780814341261
- OCLC:
- 919862284
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