A.A. Cooper
Subtitle: reinventing the wheel
By: Larry Friedman and Katherine Fischer
Contributors: Fischer, Katherine, 1951-
Publisher: River City Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Dubuque, Iowa]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780998050508
Subjects: Carriage and wagon making; Biography; Carrosserie
Description: "A biography of Augustin Augustine Cooper including his ancestral immigrant story of coming to America onboard the Ark & Dove following Lord Baltimore, his childhood years in the Allegheny Mountains, migration to Iowa, hardships on the frontier, change of fortune on board a Mississippi River steamboat, final settlement in Dubuque, Iowa, to establish the largest 19th century wagon works west of the Mississippi. Chronicled also are details of his family life and personal struggle as he became one of the major industrialists of his era"--Provided by publisher
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-152).