Frederic C. Dumaine
Subtitle: office boy to tycoon
By: Arthur M. Kenison.
Contributors: Saint Anselm College (Manchester, N.H.)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Saint Anselm College Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Manchester, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Dumaine, Frederic Christopher, 1866-1951; Amoskeag Manufacturing Company -- History; American Waltham Watch Company -- History; New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company -- History; Businessmen -- United States -- Biography; Industrialists -- United States -- Biography; Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography; Industries -- New England -- History; Textile industry -- New Hampshire -- Manchester -- History
Genres: Biography.; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-264) and index.
Includes chronological summary (p. 245-[257]) and genealogical table (p. 258-259).
Table of contents: title: Son of a broom maker; title: Early Amoskeag years; title: Courtship and marriage; title: Setting a new course at Fore River; title: Dumaine reorganizes Amoskeag; title: Growing apart; title: Labor unrest at Amoskeag; title: The second time around; title: Replacing the mainspring at Waltham Watch; title: Stockholder unrest at Amoskeag; title: Early years in railroads; title: Kidder, Peabody - a friend in need; title: The Depression hits Amoskeag; title: Closing of the Amoskeag Mills; title: The Woodchucks; title: Waltham Watch goes to war; title: The odd couple - F.C.D. and F.D.R.; title: The last hurrah - control of the New Haven; title: Putting the New Haven back on track; title: The horseman is home from the hunt; title: Twelve rules; title: Chronological summary; title: Geneaology