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Russell Hill

Mesabi Pioneers

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Here is the highly readable account of one of the remarkable achievements of the 19th century: how a remote tree-covered area of northern Minnesota became America's greatest source of iron ore.  It is 1891. An improbable team of American businessmen and European immigrants hunt for iron ore in a formidable expanse of dense pine forest. Fighting isolation, harsh winters, and mosquito-infested summers, they find it. What follows is an extraordinary tale of both personal and technological achievement. Mesabi Pioneer¿s brings the pursuit of iron ore to vivid life, illuminating the men and women mostly… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Smith, Jeffrey
  • ISBN: 978-0-9906591-0-5
  • EAN: 9780990659105
  • Produktnummer: 26758872
  • Verlag: Lightning Source Inc
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
  • Seitenangabe: 252 S.
  • Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.4 cm 393 g
  • Gewicht: 393

Über den Autor


Russell Hill is the author of three Edgar-nominated novels as well as several other books. His work has been translated into French, German, Polish, Japanese, and Spanish, and one novel, The Lord God Bird, had been optioned for a movie. Hill is an avid fly fisherman, has written for outdoor magazines, and has taught writing for forty years. He and his wife still live in California where he has spent most of his life.

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