Justus S. Stearns: Michigan Pine King and Kentucky Coal Baron, 1845-1933 by Nagle, Michael W - 2015

Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2015. xiv, 269 pages. 45 illustrations. Series: Great Lakes books. Contents: Key events in the first few decades of Stearns’s life and his initial foray into the lumber industry. Subsequent chapters explore Stearns’s political career, his timber operations in Wisconsin, and his coal, lumber, and railroad operations in Kentucky and Tennessee. Nagle also details the ancillary businesses that Stearns founded or purchased in the early twentieth century, even as his Stearns Salt & Lumber Company served as the anchor of his Michigan holdings, while Stearns Coal & Lumber did the same for his operations in Kentucky. The final chapter offers an overview and analysis of Stearns’s lifetime of accomplishments, including his impact on the town of Ludington, Michigan, where he maintained a residence for over fifty years. NF condition [Lower rear corner bumped] in Fine dustjacket.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.