The Industrialist and the Mountaineer by Lewis, Ronald L.

The Industrialist and the Mountaineer (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781943665518)

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The Industrialist and the Mountaineer by Lewis, Ronald L.

The Industrialist and the Mountaineer

$26.99
The Industrialist and the Mountaineer by Lewis, Ronald L.

The Industrialist and the Mountaineer

$26.99
Format: Paperback
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-In 1897 a small landholder named Robert Eastham shot and killed timber magnate Frank Thompson in Tucker County, West Virginia, leading to a sensational trial that highlighted a clash between local traditions and modernizing forces. Ronald L. Lewis's book uses this largely forgotten episode as a window into contests over political, environmental, and legal change in turn-of-the-century Appalachia---

Author: Ronald L. Lewis
ISBN-10: 1943665516
ISBN-13: 9781943665518
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2017
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.70d
By Ronald L. Lewis
By Ronald L. Lewis
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Ronald L. Lewis is Stuart and Joyce Robbins Chair and Professor of History Emeritus at West Virginia University where he taught for many years. He is the author of several books, including Aspiring to Greatness: West Virginia University since World War II (published by WVU Press) and Transforming the Appalachian Countryside: Railroads, Deforestation, and Social Change in West Virginia, 1880-1920. He lives in Morgantown, WV.

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