Although less well known than the great "robber barons," Frederick Billings was one of the extraordinary men of the 19th century, combining a shrewd business sense with a love of nature. Born in Vermont in 1823, Billings was one of the early "Forty-Niners," making his fortune during the gold rush, becoming the first person to practice law in California, and then the state's first Attorney General. He was also a leading conservationist and a wealthy railroad entrepreneur. In this definitive biography, Robin Winks, an eminent ...
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Although less well known than the great "robber barons," Frederick Billings was one of the extraordinary men of the 19th century, combining a shrewd business sense with a love of nature. Born in Vermont in 1823, Billings was one of the early "Forty-Niners," making his fortune during the gold rush, becoming the first person to practice law in California, and then the state's first Attorney General. He was also a leading conservationist and a wealthy railroad entrepreneur. In this definitive biography, Robin Winks, an eminent historian twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and a recipient of the Conservationist of the Year award from the National Park Service, provides the first full-length study of Fredrick Billings. Winks captures the many sides of this complex figure, revealing Billings the business man who financed the Northern Pacific Railroad, and Billings the conservationist who initiated the first reforestation of Vermont and helped establish Yosemite National Park. Deftly narrated by a leading scholar, the story of Frederick Billings touches on many of the key events in 19th-century American life, revealing concerns for profit, family, and the land which remain crucial today.
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Very Good. Little wear and scuff marks to cover, light browning to margins of pages, shipped from the UK. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 398 p. Contains: Illustrations.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; The binding is Clean and tight with minor shelf wear. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. DJ lightly worn & toned in a mylar cover.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 424 p. Audience: General/trade. label with captain's previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark.
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NF. Wrappers. Orange spine and rear cover, orange front cover with photo portrait of Billings are all clean and bright. Just a trace of rubbing at the very tips of the book's corners. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 398 pages. Illustrated with some photographs.
