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Author Ballowe, James.

Title A man of salt and trees : the life of Joy Morton / James Ballowe.

Publication Info. DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2009]
©2009
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1408044~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Adult Biography  BIO MORTON    AVAILABLE
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Description xv, 302 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-292) and index.
Contents Pt. 1. 1854-1879 -- Prologue -- A prairie education -- A prolonged apprenticeship -- Pt. 2. 1880-1915 -- A place in Chicago -- Joy Morton & Co. -- Two cities -- Business and politics -- Toward a new century -- Civic commitment -- The house on the hill -- Pt. 3. 1916-1934 -- War : home and abroad -- The Morton Arboretum -- Investing in Illinois -- Embracing the future -- Epilogue.
Subject Morton, Joy, 1855-1934.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875- -- Biography.
Businesspeople -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Morton Salt Company.
Morton Arboretum.
Added Title Life of Joy Morton
ISBN 9780875803982 (hardcover)
0875803989 (hardcover)
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