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The Weyerhaeuser name looms large in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Washington, and Arkansas, attached to paper mills, cabinet factories, and vast tracts of land, both forested and cut over. Frederick Weyerhaeuser, the man who started the lumber empire, significantly shaped the American economy and landscape from Wisconsin westward in the nineteenth century.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Frontispiece, Copyright, Epigraph
  2. pp. i-vi
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Foreword by Char Miller
  2. pp. ix-xiv
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  1. Chronology
  2. pp. xv-xvi
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  1. Genealogy of the First Two Generations of the Weyerhaeuser Family
  2. pp. xvii-xx
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 3-4
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  1. Part One: The Nineteenth Century—America Moves West
  1. Westward Ho!
  2. pp. 7-18
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  1. Part Two: Travels from a German Village to the American Midwest
  1. Scene 1: Father and son, October 6, 1846
  2. pp. 21-22
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  1. Chapter 1: An Early Death Changes a Family
  2. pp. 23-26
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  1. Chapter 2: Coming to American and Moving West
  2. pp. 27-32
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  1. Part Three: The Rock Island Years
  1. Scene 2: A young man finds a frontier town, March 1856
  2. pp. 35-36
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  1. Chapter 3: Sieze the Day
  2. pp. 37-41
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  1. Chapter 4: The Family Prospers in Coal Valley
  2. pp. 42-46
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  1. Chapter 5: An Entrepreneur's Adventures
  2. pp. 47-50
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  1. Chapter 6: The First Partnership Years during a Cruel War
  2. pp. 51-62
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  1. Part Four: Forests, Rivers, and Rights
  1. Scene 3: Frederick encounters the Wisconsin forests, October 1867
  2. pp. 65-66
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  1. Chapter 7: Frederick Likes the Forest Life
  2. pp. 67-79
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  1. Chapter 8: The Wisconsin Logging Feuds Breed Bitterness
  2. pp. 80-89
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  1. Chapter 9: Frederick Emerges as First Among Equals
  2. pp. 90-103
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  1. Chapter 10: Meanwhile, Sarah Keeps the Home Fires Burning
  2. pp. 104-112
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  1. Chapter 11: The Children Grow Up in the "House on the Hill"
  2. pp. 113-120
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  1. Part Five: The St. Paul Years—Crowning Achievements
  1. Scene 4: Frederick wonders if young Fred has learned to negotiate yet, 1900
  2. pp. 123-124
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  1. Chapter 12: Minnesota's Forests Call
  2. pp. 125-134
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  1. Chapter 13: The Family Moves to St. Paul, and Frederick Turns Westward
  2. pp. 135-144
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  1. Chapter 14: Family Matters
  2. pp. 145-150
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  1. Chapter 15: Frederick and Sarah Become World Travelers
  2. pp. 151-158
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  1. Part Six: The Final Years—Joys of Family, Sorrow of Loss
  1. Scene 5: Sarah and Frederick before the anniversary celebration, October 10, 1907
  2. pp. 161-162
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  1. Chapter 16: Frederick Withstands Personal Challenges, 1900-1906
  2. pp. 163-177
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  1. Chapter 17: "Unser Fritz" Takes Care of the Villagers
  2. pp. 178-186
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  1. Chapter 18: The Joys of Family, 1907-14
  2. pp. 187-194
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  1. Chapter 19: The Final Years—The Sorrows of Loss
  2. pp. 195-200
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  1. Part Seven: Frederick's Legacies
  1. Scene 6: The Weyerhaeuser Timber Company board meeting, June 18, 1914
  2. pp. 203-204
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  1. Chapter 20: Frederick's Many Legacies
  2. pp. 205-218
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  1. Chapter 21: Remembering Frederick
  2. pp. 219-222
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  1. How This Book Came to Be Written
  2. F.T. (Ted) Weyerhaeuser
  3. pp. 223-224
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  1. Author's Note and Acknowledgments
  2. pp. 225-228
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 229-244
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 245-246
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 247-266
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  1. Image Plates
  2. pp. 267-286
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  1. Back Cover
  2. p. 287
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