| Colonel Greene and the Copper Skyrocket: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of William Cornell Greene: Copper King, Cattle Baron, and Promoter Extraordinar Contributor(s): Sonnichsen, C. L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816534829 ISBN-13: 9780816534821 Publisher: University of Arizona Press OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Series: Century Collection |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (0.90 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame's Western Heritage Wrangler Award for Outstanding Western Biography Winner of the Western Writers of America's Spur Award for Best Western Non-Fiction Book "A solid account of a southwestern 'character' who has flitted in and out of frontier and economic history."--American Historical Review "A creditable work on a fascinating individual. In delightful writing style Sonnichsen] has reconstructed Greene's life, explaining the ambitions as well as the frailties of this extraordinary entrepreneur."--History "A rewarding study of the later days of mining."--Arizona and the West |