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Seven Iron Men

- The Merritts and the Discovery of the Mesabi Range
Af: Paul de Kruif Engelsk Paperback

Seven Iron Men

- The Merritts and the Discovery of the Mesabi Range
Af: Paul de Kruif Engelsk Paperback
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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.
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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.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 256
ISBN-13: 9780816652624
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0816652627
Kategori: US Midwest
Udg. Dato: 15 nov 2007
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 149mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: University of Minnesota Press
Oplagsdato: 15 nov 2007
Forfatter(e): Paul de Kruif
Forfatter(e) Paul de Kruif

Kategori US Midwest

ISBN-13 9780816652624

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 256

Udgave

Længde 18mm

Bredde 149mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 15 nov 2007

Oplagsdato 15 nov 2007

Forlag University of Minnesota Press

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