| John Wesley Hunt: Pioneer Merchant, Manufacturer and Financier Contributor(s): Ramage, James A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813193125 ISBN-13: 9780813193120 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Business |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf |
| Physical Information: 0.29" H x 5" W x 8" (0.31 lbs) 122 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When John Wesley Hunt came to Kentucky in 1794, his plan was to open a general store in Lexington. A canny judge of business opportunity, he soon expanded his activities and became one of the responsible figures of Kentucky banking and finance. In another kind of venture, he imported fine stallions from the East, significantly improving the bloodlines of thoroughbreds and trotters in the Bluegrass. John Wesley Hunt tells the story of Hunt's business exploits against the background of life in frontier Lexington. James A. Ramage reveals how his innovative solutions to the financial problems of the frontier gave rise to the prosperity and culture of Lexington in the nineteenth century |