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The Forgotten Iron King of the Great Lakes

Author : Author Michael W Nagle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780814349939
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book The Forgotten Iron King of the Great Lakes written by Author Michael W Nagle and published by . This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eber Brock Ward (1811-1875) began his career as a cabin boy on his uncle's sailing vessels, but when he died in 1875, he was the wealthiest man in Michigan. His business activities were vast and innovative. Ward was engaged in the steamboat, railroad, lumber, mining, and iron and steel industries. In 1864, his facility near Detroit became the first in the nation to produce steel using the more efficient Bessemer method. Michael W. Nagle demonstrates how much of Ward's success was due to his ability to vertically integrate his business operations, which were undertaken decades before other more famous moguls, such as Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. And yet, despite his countless successes, Ward's life was filled with ruthless competition, labor conflict, familial dispute, and scandal. Nagle makes extensive use of Ward's correspondence, business records, contemporary newspaper accounts, and other archival material to craft a balanced profile of this fascinating figure whose actions influenced the history and culture of the Great Lakes and beyond.

The Forgotten Iron King of the Great Lakes

Author : Michael W. Nagle
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814349943
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book The Forgotten Iron King of the Great Lakes written by Michael W. Nagle and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And yet, despite his countless successes, Ward's captivating life was filled with ruthless competition, labor conflict, familial dispute, and scandal.

Iron Fleet

Author : George J. Joachim
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814324790
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Iron Fleet written by George J. Joachim and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iron Fleet focuses on the vital role played by the Great Lakes shipping industry during World War II. George J. Joachim examines how the industry met the unprecedented demand for the shipment of raw materials to meet production quotas during the war, when failure to do so would have had disastrous consequences for the nation's defense effort. Steel production was crucial to the American war effort, and the bulk shippers of the lakes supplied virtually all of the iron ore necessary to produce the steel. In describing the evolution of the Great Lakes shipping industry during World War II, Joachim also explores the use of Great Lakes shipyards for the production of salt water civilian and military vessels, the role of the Great Lakes passenger ships in providing vacation opportunities for war workers, and the extensive measures taken to to safeguard the Soo Locks and other potential targets from sabotage.

Great Lakes Journey

Author : William Ashworth
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814328378
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (283 download)

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Download or read book Great Lakes Journey written by William Ashworth and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2003-07-09 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed picture of the status of the Great Lakes at the end of the twentieth century.

Wonderful Power

Author : Susan R. Martin
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814328439
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (284 download)

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Download or read book Wonderful Power written by Susan R. Martin and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines the archaeological record of copper mining in the Lake Superior area.

These Men Have Seen Hard Service

Author : Raymond J. Herek
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814338321
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book These Men Have Seen Hard Service written by Raymond J. Herek and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2008-03-10 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extensive appendices will be of particular use to genealogists, Civil War enthusiasts, and historians, because they list the men in the regiment, and battle and camp casualties.

Ojibwa Narratives of Charles and Charlotte Kawbawgam and Jacques LePique, 1893-1895

Author : Charles Kawbawgam
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814325155
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book Ojibwa Narratives of Charles and Charlotte Kawbawgam and Jacques LePique, 1893-1895 written by Charles Kawbawgam and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ojibwa Narratives presents a fresh view of an early period of Ojibwa thought and ways of life in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the south shore of Lake Superior. This fascinating collection of fifty-two narratives features, for the first time, the tales of three nineteenth-century Ojibwa storytellers-Charles and Charlotte Kawbawgam and Jaques LePique-collected by Homer H. Kidder. By the late nineteenth century, typical Ojibwa life had been disrupted by the influx of white developers. But these tales reflect a nostalgic view of an earlier period when the heart of Ojibwa semi-nomadic culture remained intact, a time when the fur trade, together with seasonal roving, traditional transportation, and indigenous practices of child rearing, religious thought, art, and music permeated daily life.

Windjammers

Author : Ivan Walton
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814329979
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Windjammers written by Ivan Walton and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories, lyrics, music and folklore centered on the Great Lakes.

Independent Man

Author : Harry Barnard
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 081433587X
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Independent Man written by Harry Barnard and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only book-length biography of a major Michigan figure who served as Detroit’s mayor and contributed to the early success of the Ford Motor Company. First published in 1958 by Charles Scribner’s Sons, Independent Man is the only book-length biography of one of Michigan’s most remarkable men. His many careers embraced both the business and political spheres. Couzens was a prominent businessman who helped shape Ford Motor Company, but he left the company when he and Henry Ford clashed over politics. Upon leaving Ford, Couzens began his political career, first serving as Detroit’s police commissioner. He went on to a controversial term as mayor of Detroit and then represented Michigan in the U.S. Senate. This book reveals the life of a truly unique and inspirational man.

Justus S. Stearns

Author : Michael W. Nagle
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814341276
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Justus S. Stearns written by Michael W. Nagle and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines a major Michigan timber baron and political figure who also founded a coal-mining empire in Kentucky. 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 least thirty manufacturing businesses—making everything from finished lumber to kitchen utensils, game boards, and motors—as well as hotels, a railroad, and a power company. He was also an active member of the Republican Party who served one term as Michigan's secretary of state and a philanthropist who gave a great deal of his wealth to causes in both Michigan and Kentucky. In Justus S. Stearns: Michigan Pine King and Kentucky Coal Baron, 1845–1933, author Michael W. Nagle details Stearns's astounding range of accomplishments and explores the influence of both paternalism and Social Darwinism in his business practices. Nagle begins by addressing key events in the first few decades of Stearns's life and his initial foray into the lumber industry. Subsequent chapters explore Stearns's political career, his timber operations in Wisconsin, and his coal, lumber, and railroad operations in Kentucky and Tennessee. Nagle also details the ancillary businesses that Stearns founded or purchased in the early twentieth century, even as his Stearns Salt & Lumber Company served as the anchor of his Michigan holdings, while Stearns Coal & Lumber did the same for his operations in Kentucky. The final chapter offers an overview and analysis of Stearns's lifetime of accomplishments, including his impact on the town of Ludington, Michigan, where he maintained a residence for over fifty years. Nagle makes extensive use of primary source material from several historical archives as well as contemporary newspaper accounts, court documents, company records, and other primary sources. American history scholars, as well as general readers interested in Michigan's lumbering era and Kentucky's mining history, will enjoy this biography of an exceptionally influential businessman.

Copper Country Journal

Author : Henry Hobart
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814323427
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Copper Country Journal written by Henry Hobart and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hobart centered his narrative on Cliff Mine, one of the leading producers of copper in the world and the primary employer in the town of Clifton.

Michigan Voices

Author : Joe Grimm
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814319680
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Michigan Voices written by Joe Grimm and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating assemblage of old family letters, diaries, journals, photos, and other memorabilia, Michigan Voices introduces the reader to a more personal side of the state's history.

Deep Woods Frontier

Author : Theodore J. Karamanski
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814320495
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Deep Woods Frontier written by Theodore J. Karamanski and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrating the history of Michigan's forest industry, Karamanski provides a dynamic study of an important part of the Upper Peninsula's economy.

Freshwater Fury

Author : Frank Barcus
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814318287
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (182 download)

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Download or read book Freshwater Fury written by Frank Barcus and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Up and down the Great Lakes, wherever captains and seamen met, one of the chief topics of conversation is still the Great Storm-the worst disaster in Great Lakes history. By men of the Lakes, November 9, 1913 will always be remembered as Black Sunday, for it brought death to hundreds of their companions and destruction to scores of ships of the Lakes fleet. Each man who survived the Storm has a fascinating story to tell. Freshwater Fury is the first comprehensive history of the Great Storm. Author Frank Barcus, who has met and talked with many survivors during his trips on Lakes freighters over the past twenty years, presents here their vivid eye-witness accounts. The many drawings, maps, and diagrams executed by the author add pictorial interest to the story of this dramatic struggle between men and the elements.

Michigan Place Names

Author : Walter Romig
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814318386
Total Pages : 718 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Michigan Place Names written by Walter Romig and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Aabec in Antrim County to Zutphen in Ottawa County, from Hell to Hooker, Michigan Place Names is a compendium of information on the origins of the state's geographical names. With alphabetically arranged thumb-nail sketches, Walter Romig introduces readers to a host of colorful personalities and episodes which have achieved notoriety, though sometimes shortlived, by devising or lending their names to the state's settlements. Romig spent more than ten years researching and documenting the entries to which he added an extensive bibliography of sources and an index of the personal names used in the text. For the curious, the librarian, the genealogist, or the historian, his book is an indispensable resource. Michigan Place Names is another "Michigan classic" reissued as a Great Lakes Book.

Star Songs and Water Spirits

Author : Victoria Brehm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984334001
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Star Songs and Water Spirits written by Victoria Brehm and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of folklore, poetry, speeches, songs, fiction, personal narratives, essays, and non-fiction prose by members of the Great Lakes Native nations.

Mapping Detroit

Author : June Manning Thomas
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 081434027X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Mapping Detroit written by June Manning Thomas and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing some of the leading voices on Detroit's history and future, Mapping Detroit will be informative reading for anyone interested in urban studies, geography, and recent American history.