Landlord William Scully Homer E. Socolofsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Socolofsky, Homer E., 1922-2005.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landlord and tenant.

Businesspeople.

Businesspeople--Middle West--Biography.

Landlord and tenant--Middle West--History.

Middle West.

Scully, William.

Scully, William, 1821-1906.

Genre:

History.

Biographies.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 182 pages) : illustrations ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University Press of Kansas 1979

Lawrence : The Regents Press of Kansas, 1979.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Landlord William Scully presents a full picture of the investment and landmanagement activities of one of the most important figures in American agricultural history. An Irishman who first came to the United States in 1850, Scully eventually built up holdings amounting to almost a quarter million acres of the richest prairie and farm lands in Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. The vast land empire, which was worked by some fifteen hundred tenant farmers, earned for Scully the reputation of being America’s greatest landlord—this despite the fact that he remained an alien until the last decade of his life.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

1. Privilege and Tragedy: The Early Years

2. William Scully Becomes a Landlord

3. Scully and His New American Lands

4. Bloodshed at Ballycohey

5. Renewed Interest in America

6. Order to Scully Business

7. The Private Life of a Wealthy Landlord

8. Scully's Scalpers

9. The Fruition of Dreams

10. The Scully Estates in Later Years

Bibliographical Essay

Notes

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780700631216

0700631216

OCLC:

1258955869