In this Book
- Landlord William Scully
- Book
- 2024
- Published by: University Press of Kansas
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summary
Landlord William Scully presents a full picture of the investment and land-management activities of one of the most important figures in American agricultural history. An Irishman who first came to the United States in 1850, Scully eventually built up holdings amounting to almost a quarter million acres of the richest prairie and farm lands in Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. The vast land empire, which was worked by some fifteen hundred tenant farmers, earned for Scully the reputation of being America’s greatest landlord—this despite the fact that he remained an alien until the last decade of his life.
Open access edition funded by the National Endowment for Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.
Table of Contents

- Table of Contents
- pp. vii-viii
- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- 2. William Scully Becomes a Landlord
- pp. 15-24
- 3. Scully and His New American Lands
- pp. 25-38
- 4. Bloodshed at Ballycohey
- pp. 39-64
- 5. Renewed Interest in America
- pp. 65-78
- 6. Order to Scully Business
- pp. 79-92
- 8. Scully's Scalpers
- pp. 103-120
- 9. The Fruition of Dreams
- pp. 121-134
- 10. The Scully Estates in Later Years
- pp. 135-154
- Bibliographical Essay
- pp. 155-156
Additional Information
ISBN
9780700631216
Related ISBN(s)
9780700631759
MARC Record
OCLC
1258955869
Pages
196
Launched on MUSE
2021-07-06
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC-ND