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r Acknowledgments I am indebted to a number of people and organizations who assisted me in the completion of this volume. Ned Irwin, Clara Swann, and the staff of the Chattanooga Public Library provided invaluable aid in accessing their trove of local archival resources. The staff of the Birmingham Public Library also rendered assistance and helped me better understand the South’s early iron and steel industries . I am also very grateful to the staff of the New York Times Company Records at the New York Times Archives for granting me access to the papers of Adolph Ochs and for their gracious hospitality. Many people at the University of Tennessee also provided important assistance with this project. In particular, I would like to thank Nick Wyman and the staff at the Hodges Library Special Collections for his help and my colleagues, David Brill and Dr. Randy Gentry, for their support and encouragement. I am also grateful to Scot Danforth and Kerry Webb of UT Press for their patient and skillful guidance. I would like to thank the external readers for their opinions and recommendations . I am especially indebted to the late David Lewis for his extensive comments and for steering me toward a better understanding of local resources and the demands of iron and steel production. I owe a special thanks to Dr. Paul Bergeron, who has been my mentor, friend, and supporter since I first showed up in Knoxville in 1985. I am grateful to him for pushing me to complete this project, for helping guide me through the twists and turns of my career, and for being a model of personal and professional integrity. Lastly, I would be remiss if I did not thank my family: my parents, Robert and Norma, for their tireless support; my wife, Pat, for her stalwart belief in me; and my children, Will and Sophie, for keeping it all in perspective. Tim Ezzell Knoxville, Tennessee ...

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