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Iron Millionaire: Life of Charlemagne Tower
Iron Millionaire: Life of Charlemagne Tower
Iron Millionaire: Life of Charlemagne Tower
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Charlemagne Tower (1809-1889) was an American lawyer and businessman active in acquiring land in the Schuylkill Valley in Pennsylvania and serving as an officer for coal and railroad companies. He organized and led a company of Union soldiers from Pottsville in a 3-month enlistment during the American Civil War, when he was commissioned as captain. After the war, with sell-off of lands by the Northern Pacific Railroad, he acquired large tracts in the upper Midwest and Northwest.

Charlemagne Tower was a giant of his time, leaving an indelible footprint on the history of the United States. He is credited with creating the mining industry in Minnesota, as well as attracting settlers to the area. He was deeply involved in the mining industry in Pennsylvania, and was part of the ascension of the Reading Railroad. Towns in three states are named after him. He served on the board of overseers for Harvard University, and was involved in many business ventures, many of them successful.

“PROFESSOR BRIDGES has written a book which is of compelling interest from three points of view: as a story of business adventure, as a study in the character of an eminent entrepreneur, and as a chapter in the economic history of the Northwest. Founded on a large body of previously unused manuscript materials, it supplies elements of vital importance to our knowledge of the development of the iron and steel industry in the United States. The story which Dr. Bridges tells with such scholarly care and narrative verve is one which should interest all students of our past.”—Allan Nevins
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPapamoa Press
Release dateDec 2, 2018
ISBN9781789127133
Iron Millionaire: Life of Charlemagne Tower
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Hal Bridges

HAL BRIDGES (1919-2010) was Professor Emeritus of History of the University of California. Born in 1919, the son of Harold Bridges, editor and publisher of the Luling Signal, in Luling, Texas, and Lyda Lois King, he graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in journalism. He then served in World War II as a finance officer for five years, earning the rank of Major. Dr. Bridges received his Ph.D. from Columbia University and was the author of three acclaimed scholarly books: Iron Millionaire: The Life of Charlemagne Tower (1952), Lee’s Maverick General: Daniel Harvey Hill (1961), and American Mysticism: From William James to Zen (1970). Additionally, he wrote countless articles and reviews dealing with the Civil War for the New York Times Book Review, the American Historical Review, and the Saturday Review. On his 90th birthday, he published his first novel, Lincoln and the Single Eye: A Tale of Mysticism, the Presidency, Love and Murder in Wartime Washington. He passed away in Cottonwood, Arizona on March 8, 2010, aged 91. ALLAN NEVINS (1890-1971) was one of America’s leading historians, whose insights into the past of the American scene provided stimulation and enlightenment for many. Born on May 20, 1890 in Camp Point, Illinois, he attended the University of Illinois where he earned his M.A. in English in 1913. He then joined the History faculty of Columbia University, where he remained for decades until his mandatory retirement as Professor Emeritus of American History in 1958. He later became a full-time editor and writer and won two Pulitzer prizes, the Scribner Centenary prize, and the Bancroft prize. He died in San Mateo, California on March 5, 1971, aged 80.

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