The Richest Hill On Earth

Author : Richard S. Wheeler
Publisher : Forge Books
ISBN 13 : 1429986263
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Richest Hill on Earth written by Richard S. Wheeler and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2011-12-06 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this captivating historical novel, six-time Spur Award winner Richard S. Wheeler turns his storyteller's eye to a clash of towering ambitions in the American West, when the Copper Kings of Butte, Montana, wrestled each other for control of both the "richest hill on earth" and Montana's fledgling government. The city of Butte looks like a cancerous mélange of smoky mine boilers and rudely constructed sheds when newspaperman John Fellowes Hall arrives on a cold spring day in 1892. Butte may be ugly, but it's the place to get rich. It's also a city full of stories—perfect for a journalist looking to make a name for himself. As an employee of mining titan William Andrews Clark, Hall becomes a part of the best story of them all: the fight among the Copper Kings. Butte's three founding fathers were remarkable men with little in common other than ambition. Marcus Daly, a humble Irish immigrant, led the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. His political rival, the formidable William Andrews Clark, a brilliant but vain businessman, bought himself a United States Senate seat. And Augustus Heinze tried to steal the mines, using lawyers and bribed judges, only to be crushed by the Rockefellers. The Richest Hill on Earth captures their struggle as well as the stories of the ordinary people—the miners, their wives and children, the journalists, and even the psychics—trying to make their fortunes in the rapidly-changing West. The Richest Hill of Earth is a Kirkus Reviews Best of 2011 Historical Fiction title. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Floyd C. Bossard
Publisher : Wordz and Ink
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Butte, the Richest Hill on Earth written by Floyd C. Bossard and published by Wordz and Ink. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Butte: The Richest Hill on Earth," Bossard tells the story of the underground mining industry through words and nearly 200 photographs.

Author : Richard S. Wheeler
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780765366436
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Richest Hill on Earth written by Richard S. Wheeler and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the West's most beloved writers sets his sights on the war of the Copper Kings in late 19th-century Montana, and their struggle for control of the Orichest hill on Earth.

Author : Richard S. Wheeler
Publisher : Center Point
ISBN 13 : 9781611732719
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Richest Hill on Earth written by Richard S. Wheeler and published by Center Point. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capitalism comes to the American West - and the Copper Kings of Butte, Montana, wrestle each other and Montana's fledgling government for control of the "richest hill on earth." When newsman John Fellowes Hall arrives in Butte, he sees a mess of smoky mine boilers and makeshift sheds. It's ugly as sin, but it's the best place to get rich. It's also a city full of stories. As an employee of mining titan William Andrews Clark, Hall finds himself involved in the best story of them all: the fight among the Copper Kings. The Richest Hill on Earth tells the stories of Marcus Daly, an immigrant mine owner; his rival William Andrews Clark, who has bought himself a U.S. Senate seat; and Augustus Heinze, who used lawyers and judges to try to steal the mines only to be crushed by the Rockefellers.

Author : Richard S. Wheeler
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0765391708
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anything Goes and The Richest Hill on Earth written by Richard S. Wheeler and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anything goes, Ã2015; The richest hill on earth, Ã2011.

Author : C. F. Kelley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Richest Hill on Earth written by C. F. Kelley and published by . This book was released on 1947* with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ivan Doig
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1594485208
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Work Song written by Ivan Doig and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] novel that best expresses the American spirit." –The Chicago Tribune “If America was a melting pot, Butte seemed to be its boiling point,” observes Morrie Morgan, the itinerant teacher and inveterate charmer who stole readers’ hearts in The Whistling Season. A decade later, he steps off the train and into the copper mining capital of the world in its jittery 1919 heyday. While the riches of “the Richest Hill on Earth” may elude him, once again a colorful cast of local characters seek him out. Before long, Morrie is caught up in the clash between the ironfisted Anaconda Mining Company, radical “outside agitators,” and the beleaguered miners. As tensions build aboveground and below, Morrie finds a unique way to give a voice to those who truly need one, and Ivan Doig proves yet again why he’s reigning king of Western fiction.

Author : David Yarrow
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847864774
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book David Yarrow Photography written by David Yarrow and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The must-have photography monograph of the year, this lavish oversized volume celebrates David Yarrow's unparalleled wildlife imagery. For more than two decades, legendary British photographer David Yarrow has been putting himself in harm's way to capture immersive and evocative photography of the world's most revered and endangered species. With his images heightening awareness of those species and also raising huge sums for charity and conservation, he is one of the most relevant photographers in the world today. Featuring Yarrow's 150 most iconic photographs, this book offers a truly unmatched view of some of the world's most compelling animals. The collection of stunning images, paired with Yarrow's first-person contextual narrative, offers insight into a man who will not accept second best in his relentless pursuit of excellence. David Yarrow Photography offers a balanced retrospective of his spectacular work in the wild and his staged storytelling work, which has earned him wide acclaim in the fine-art market. Yarrow rarely just takes pictures--he almost always makes them. This approach sets him apart from others in the field. Yarrow's work will awaken our collective conscience, and--true to form--he plans to donate all the royalties from this book to conservation

Author : Beverly J. Brother
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Butte written by Beverly J. Brother and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Writers Project of Montana
Publisher : Riverbend
ISBN 13 : 9781931832045
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Copper Camp written by Writers Project of Montana and published by Riverbend. This book was released on 2001-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories about life in Butte during its fabulous mining heyday.