Alex Swan and the Swan Companies (Western Lands and Waters Series)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.30 (680 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0806154020 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 300 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Woods, an attorney and certified public accountant, resides in Worland, Wyoming. About the AuthorLawrence M. He is the author of several books, including British Gentlemen in the Wild West and Alex Swan and the Swan Companies.
Thoughtful, involving portrait of a self-made man's legacy. Written by historian Lawrence M. Woods, Alex Swan and the Swan Companies is a fascinating, in-depth biography of 1800's corporate tycoon Alex Swan, and the robust enterprises he founded, particularly the Swan Land and Cattle Company, one of the larger livestock
The largest among Alex Swan’s many corporate creations, The Swan Land and Cattle Company, Ltd., was one of the larger livestock companies to operate in the American West, and it survived long after it founder’s financial debacle in the great winter of 1886-1887. Alex Swan and the Swan Companies is an important portrait of the inner workings of the western cattle industry and its leaders.The book has a bibliography, index, and three appendices. The Swan name is inseparable from the history of Wyoming and the West, and when Swan m
He is the author of several books, including British Gentlemen in the Wild West and Alex Swan and the Swan Companies.. Lawrence M. Woods, an attorney and certified public accountant, resides in Worland, Wyoming