Title:
Seven iron men : the Merritts and the discovery of the Mesabi Range / Paul de Kruif.
ISBN:
9780816652624
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Edition:
First University of Minnesota Press edition.
Publication Information:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
Physical Description:
xiv, 241 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
General Note:
"First University of Minnesota Press edition, 2007."
Originally published: New York : Harcourt, Brace and Co., c1929.
Contents:
pt. 1. Andante -- pt. 2. Allegro -- pt. 3. Più presto -- pt. 4. Fugato -- Explanatory notes -- Sources of information -- Index.
Summary:
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.
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OCLC Number:
ocn154789976
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