Captains of Industry

Captains of Industry
James Parton, english-born American biographer (1822-1891)

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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- PREFACE
-03- DAVID MAYDOLE, HAMMER MAKER
-04- ICHABOD WASHBURN, WIRE MAKER
-05- ELIHU BURRITT, THE LEARNED BLACKSMITH
-06- MICHAEL REYNOLDS, ENGINE-DRIVER
-07- MAJOR ROBERT PIKE, FARMER
-08- GEORGE GRAHAM, CLOCK MAKER
-09- JOHN HARRISON, EXQUISITE WATCH MAKER
-10- PETER FANEUIL, AND THE GREAT HALL HE BUILT
-11- CHAUNCEY JEROME, YANKEE CLOCK MAKER
-12- CAPTAIN PIERRE LACLEDE LIGUEST, PIONEER
-13- ISRAEL PUTNAM
-14- GEORGE FLOWER. PIONEER
-15- EDWARD COLES, NOBLEST OF THE PIONEERS
-16- PETER H. BURNETT
-17- GERRIT SMITH
-18- PETER FORCE
-19- JOHN BROMFIELD, MERCHANT
-20- FREDERICK TUDOR, ICE EXPORTER
-21- MYRON HOLLEY, MARKET GARDENER
-22- HE FOUNDERS OF LOWELL
-23- ROBERT OWEN, COTTON MANUFACTURER
-24- JOHN SMEDLEY, STOCKING MANUFACTURER
-25- RICHARD COBDEN, CALICO PRINTER
-26- HENRY BESSEMER
-27- JOHN BRIGHT, MANUFACTURER
-28- THOMAS EDWARD, COBBLER AND NATURALIST
-29- ROBERT DICK, BAKER AND NATURALIST
-30- JOHN DUNCAN, WEAVER AND BOTANIST
-31- JAMES LACKINGTON, SECOND HAND BOOKSELLER
-32- HORACE GREELEY'S START
-33- JAMES GORDON BENNETT, AND HOW HE FOUNDED HIS HERALD
-34- THREE JOHN WALTERS, AND THEIR NEWSPAPER
-35- GEORGE HOPE
-36- SIR HENRY COLE
-37- CHARLES SUMMERS
-38- WILLIAM B. ASTOR, HOUSE OWNER
-39- PETER COOPER
-40- PARIS DUVERNEY, FRENCH FINANCIER
-41- SIR ROWLAND HILL
-42- MARIE ANTOINE CARÈME, FRENCH COOK
-43- WONDERFUL WALKER
-44- SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN
-45- SIR JOHN RENNIE, ENGINEER
-46- SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE
-47- MARQUIS OF WORCESTER, INVENTOR OF THE STEAM ENGINE
-48- AN OLD DRY GOODS MERCHANT'S RECOLLECTIONS