{"product_id":"kansas-tycoon-emerson-carey-lynn-ledeboer-9781540238375","title":"Kansas Tycoon Emerson Carey: Building an Empire from Coal, Ice and Salt","description":"\"I've seen a fly make a bull switch his tail\" is a homespun quip attributed to Emerson Carey, the powerful salt magnate of Hutchinson, Kansas. True or not, the quote epitomizes the fearless and tenacious character of the legend who became Reno County's benefactor. Young, awestruck Carey arrived in boomtown 1880s Hutchinson and went on to create an immense empire. Coal, ice, salt, strawboard, egg cases, bags, soda ash and streetcars--he presided over it all. From Carey's sleeping in a coal yard with a quarter in his pocket to the founding of the exclusive Willowbrook community and attaining a net worth of more than $15 million, authors Lynn Ledeboer and Myron Marcotte relate the epic story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynn Ledeboer, Myron Marcotte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1540238377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781540238375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Lynn Ledeboer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43983749316863,"sku":"9781540238375","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37104399-c368-43b0-823e-9fd9d241ff94.jpg?v=1683268494","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kansas-tycoon-emerson-carey-lynn-ledeboer-9781540238375","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}