Man of Salt and Trees The Life of Joy Morton

Name: Man of Salt and Trees The Life of Joy Morton
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ISBN: 9780875807577

ISBN-10: 0875807577

ISBN-13: 9780875807577

Edition: 2016

Authors: James Ballowe

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A Man of Salt and Trees is the first full-length biography of Joy Morton (1855-1934), founder of The Morton Arboretum--an internationally acclaimed outdoor museum of woody plants--and Morton Salt--the brand that for over a century has been a household name in the United States. Joy Morton's story begins in the pre-Civil War Nebraska Territory and concludes in the midst of the Great Depression in Chicago, the city in which he lived for over a half century. Using the voluminous correspondence of the Morton family, Ballowe tells the story of the Nebraska farm boy who grew up to be a small town banker who became a leading citizen of Chicago and Illinois and a major figure in the nation's…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2016
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 9/20/2016
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 318
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English