James Ballowe

A Man of Salt and Trees

The Life of Joy Morton

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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...

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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, Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at Bradley University, teaches in the Naturalist Certificate Program at The Morton Arboretum. He has received awards from the Illinois Arts Council for his poetry and creative non-fiction and the Delta Award from the Morris Library at Southern Illinois University for his publications on Southern Illinois. He is the editor of George Santayana's America.

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