Colonel Greene and the Copper Skyrocket
by Sonnichsen, C.L
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Tucson; (1974): University of Arizona Press. First Edition. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, 325pp., illustrated with photographic images. The spectacular rise and fall of William Cornell Greene; Copper king, cattle baron and promoter extraordinary in Mexico, the American Southwest, and the New York Financial District. By age 46, he had built a muti-million copper enterprise, started an enormous lumber business, and accumulated nearly a million acres of ranchland on both sides of both sides of the boarder. When he was 53, his empire collapsed. A fine bright copy bound in green cloth lettered in light copper, in an unclipped near fine pictorial dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023349
- Title
- Colonel Greene and the Copper Skyrocket
- Author
- Sonnichsen, C.L
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Place of Publication
- Tucson; (1974)
- Keywords
- Copper Mining Cattle Mexico Southwest Lumber
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mining; Range and Cattle;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
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