Bromo-Seltzer King : The Opulent Life of Captain Isaac Ike Emerson, 1859-1931.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luke, Bob.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Businesspeople--Biography.

Businesspeople.

Emerson, Isaac E. (Isaac Edward), 1859-1931.

Emerson, Isaac E.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2019.

Summary:

"Captain Isaac "Ike" Emerson, riding high on the international success of his patent, Bromo-Seltzer, lived a storied life of opulence. This first biography of the "Bromo-Seltzer King" traces his path from North Carolina farm boy to Baltimore-based multimillionaire with a penchant for lavish entertaining. Emerson is presented as an entrepreneur, patriot, civic leader, sportsman, and philanthropist. He was a phenom in his era, and this book, drawing from archival recrods, newspapers of the day, and interviews with descendants, details the ups and downs of his complex and indulgent life." -- back cover

Contents:

Arriving in Baltimore

Inventing Bromo-Seltzer

Leading the Naval Reserves

Breaking In

Separation Strains

Promblems with the Nostrum

Arcadia

Coping with Marital Strife

Politics, Buildings and Jim Crow

Vanderbilts

Fresh Starts

Building, Divorcing and Marrying

New Projects

Those Marrying and Unmarrying Emersons

Changes Come to Bromo-Seltzer

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4766-3687-7