| John Mullan: The Tumultuous Life of a Western Road Builder Contributor(s): Petersen, Keith C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0874223210 ISBN-13: 9780874223217 Publisher: Washington State University Press OUR PRICE: $29.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers |
| Dewey: 625.7 |
| LCCN: 2014001207 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: John Mullan's celebrated road, a 625-mile link that connected the Missouri and Columbia rivers and eventually became a significant component of Interstate 90, established the West Point graduate as an accomplished engineer. After completing the West's first highway, he lived for nearly another half century, a period of dynamic change. Now Idaho State Historian Keith Petersen takes a fresh look at the dashing young soldier/explorer--probing his complex personality and continuing a story that includes business partnerships and personal relationships with some of the West's most intriguing characters characters: Father DeSmet, General Sherman, John Bidwell, Elias Pierce, and Chief Owhi. |