James Ballowe

A Man of Salt and Trees

The Life of Joy Morton

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A Man of Salt and Trees is the first full-length biography of Joy Morton (1855-1934), founder of The Morton Arboretuman internationally acclaimed outdoor museum of woody plantsand Morton Saltthe brand that for over a century has been a household name in the United States. Joy MortonÆs story begins in the preCivil War...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780875807577
• ISBN-10: 0875807577
• Artikelnr.: 45191452

Autorenporträt

James Ballowe

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I: 1854-1879
Prologue
1. A Prairie Education
2. A Prolonged Apprenticeship
Part II: 1880-1915
3. A Place in Chicago
4. Joy Morton & Co.
5. Two Cities
6. Business and Politics
7. Toward a New Century
8. Civic Commitment
9. The House on the Hill
Part III: 1916-1934
10. War: Home and Abroad
11. The Morton Arboretum
12. Investing in Illinois
13. Embracing the Future
Epilogue
The Morton Family's Chicago: 1880-1905
Family Trees:
-Joy Morton's Immediate Family
-Joy Morton's Brothers' Families
Notes
Bibliography
Index