Seven Iron Men
Author | : Paul De Kruif |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2007-09-01 |
ISBN 10 | : 9780816652624 |
ISBN 13 | : 0816652627 |
Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
An account of the discovery and development of the great iron deposits of the Mesabi Range describes how the seven Merritt brothers found the iron ore in 1890, only to lose control of the resource and the wealth that it would bring to powerful industrialist John D. Rockefeller. Reprint.