A man of salt and trees
Subtitle: the life of Joy Morton
By: James Ballowe.
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: DeKalb
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780875803982
Subjects: Morton, Joy, -- 1855-1934; Morton Salt Company; Morton Arboretum; Businesspeople -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography; Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography; Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875- -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Life of Joy Morton
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. 1854-1879; title: Prologue; title: A prairie education; title: A prolonged apprenticeship; title: Pt. 2. 1880-1915; title: A place in Chicago; title: Joy Morton & Co.; title: Two cities; title: Business and politics; title: Toward a new century; title: Civic commitment; title: The house on the hill; title: Pt. 3. 1916-1934; title: War : home and abroad; title: The Morton Arboretum; title: Investing in Illinois; title: Embracing the future; title: Epilogue.