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Justus S. Stearns : Michigan Pine King and Kentucky Coal Baron, 1845-1933 /
Near the turn of the twentieth century, "Pine King" Justus S. Stearns was Michigan's largest producer of manufactured lumber and the owner of a prosperous coal mining operation headquartered in Stearns, Kentucky, a town he founded. Over the course of his career, Stearns would own at l...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Detroit, MI :
Wayne State University Press,
2015.
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| Edición: | 1st edition. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Series Page; Frontispiece; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Early Life and Family Connections; 2. Booms, Busts, and a Benefactor for Ludington; 3. The Making of a Politician; 4. Lumbering on Wisconsin Indian Reservations; 5. Establishing Operations in Kentucky and Tennessee; 6. Mining Coal in Kentucky; 7. Union Conflict and Years of Prosperity; 8. Entrepreneur and Philanthropist; 9. A Life Considered; Appendix A: Partial List of Businesses Founded or Operated by Justus Stearns; Appendix B: Coal Production to 1933; Notes