Kansas Tycoon Emerson Carey: Building an Empire from Coal, Ice and Salt

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Synopsis
"I've seen a fly make a bull switch his tail" is a homespun quip attributed to Emerson Carey, the powerful salt magnate of Hutchinson, Kansas. True or not, the quote epitomizes the fearless and tenacious character of the legend who became Reno County's benefactor. Young, awestruck Carey arrived in boomtown 1880s Hutchinson and went on to create an immense empire. Coal, ice, salt, strawboard, egg cases, bags, soda ash and streetcars--he presided over it all. From Carey's sleeping in a coal yard with a quarter in his pocket to the founding of the exclusive Willowbrook community and attaining a net worth of more than $15 million, authors Lynn Ledeboer and Myron Marcotte relate the epic story.
Copyright:
2019

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781439666951
Related ISBNs:
9781467140799
Publisher:
Arcadia Publishing
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Copyrighted By:
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:
Michael Carey

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