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Minnesota Historical Society Press
- Frederick Weyerhaeuser and the American West
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Minnesota Historical Society Press
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Foreword by Char Miller
- pp. ix-xiv
- Chronology
- pp. xv-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. 3-4
- Part One: The Nineteenth Century—America Moves West
- Westward Ho!
- pp. 7-18
- Part Two: Travels from a German Village to the American Midwest
- Part Three: The Rock Island Years
- Chapter 3: Sieze the Day
- pp. 37-41
- Part Four: Forests, Rivers, and Rights
- Part Five: The St. Paul Years—Crowning Achievements
- Chapter 12: Minnesota's Forests Call
- pp. 125-134
- Chapter 14: Family Matters
- pp. 145-150
- Part Six: The Final Years—Joys of Family, Sorrow of Loss
- Chapter 18: The Joys of Family, 1907-14
- pp. 187-194
- Part Seven: Frederick's Legacies
- Chapter 20: Frederick's Many Legacies
- pp. 205-218
- Chapter 21: Remembering Frederick
- pp. 219-222
- How This Book Came to Be Written
- pp. 223-224
- Author's Note and Acknowledgments
- pp. 225-228
- Bibliography
- pp. 245-246
- Image Plates
- pp. 267-286
- Back Cover
- p. 287
Additional Information
ISBN
9780873518987
Related ISBN(s)
9780873518918
MARC Record
OCLC
847754033
Pages
256
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No