Remarkable Americans
Subtitle: the Washburn family
By: Kerck Kelsey.
Edition: 1st hardcover ed.
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Gardiner, Me
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780884482994
Subjects: Washburn family; Brothers -- United States -- Biography; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; Businessmen -- United States -- Biography; Livermore (Me.) -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 366-376) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the Washburns of Livermore; title: Was it the water?; title: Barefoot and homespun; title: Lawyers and land agents; title: Changing the country; title: Sod roofs to crystal chandeliers; title: To save the Union; title: Under siege in Paraguay and Paris; title: Lumber, lignite, and feeding the world; title: Gilded age finale; title: On giants seen from a distance; title: Postscript : five defining moments; title: Appendix A : the next generation - Appendix B : famous cousins; title: Appendix C : Washburn books at Norlands.