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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Minnesota Press
ISBN-100816652627
ISBN-139780816652624
eBay Product ID (ePID)60655481
Product Key Features
Book TitleSeven Iron Men : the Merritts and the Discovery of the Mesabi Range
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMining, General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
Publication Year2007
IllustratorYes
GenreTechnology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorPaul De Kruif
Book SeriesFesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight23.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal622.3410977677
Synopsis. . The Merritts leap from the chronicle in all the colors of life--especially Lon, the king of them all, with his maudlin poetizing, his childlike faith in mankind, and his incredible tropical hat. It is a tale full of thrills, shot with sardonic humors."--H. L. Mencken, The Nation "Certainly it is no small contribution to the history of the American people to unfold the tale of the discovery and development of those huge iron deposits of the Mesabi Range flanking much of Lake Superior. To these perhaps quite as much as to any other one factor the country owes its industrial supremacy in the ago of steel."--New York Herald Tribune Paul de Kruif (1890-1971) was a microbiologist, served as a contributing editor to Reader's Digest, and was the best-selling author of Microbe Hunters., In the tradition of great American rags to riches stories, Seven Iron Men weaves together the history of how the seven Merritt brothers discovered iron ore on the Mesabi Range. In 1890 they were poised to become one of the wealthiest families in America but lost it all to industrialist John D. Rockefeller. "The tale of their long and furious quest makes for one of the most melodramatic stories in American history. . . . The Merritts leap from the chronicle in all the colors of life--especially Lon, the king of them all, with his maudlin poetizing, his childlike faith in mankind, and his incredible tropical hat. It is a tale full of thrills, shot with sardonic humors." --H. L. Mencken, The Nation "Certainly it is no small contribution to the history of the American people to unfold the tale of the discovery and development of those huge iron deposits of the Mesabi Range flanking much of Lake Superior. To these perhaps quite as much as to any other one factor the country owes its industrial supremacy in the ago of steel." --New York Herald Tribune Paul de Kruif (1890-1971) was a microbiologist, served as a contributing editor to Reader's Digest, and was the best-selling author of Microbe Hunters.
LC Classification NumberTN403.M6D4 2007
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The reason I bought this book was because the Merritt’s were my decendents. It is interesting to me and my family but not everyone would enjoy.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
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