Colonel Greene and the Copper Skyrocket: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of William Cornell Greene
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Colonel Greene and the Copper Skyrocket: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of William Cornell Greene

Copper King, Cattle Baron, and Promoter Extraordinary in Mexico, the American Southwest, and the New York Financial District

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Colonel Greene and the Copper Skyrocket: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of William Cornell Greene

Copper King, Cattle Baron, and Promoter Extraordinary in Mexico, the American Southwest, and the New York Financial District

About this book

Winner of both the National Cowboy Hall of Fame's Western Heritage Award and the Western Writers of America's Spur Award

"A solid account of a southwestern 'character' who has flitted in and out of frontier and economic history."—American Historical Review

"A creditable work on a fascinating individual. In delightful writing style he has reconstructed Greene's life, explaining the ambitions as well as the frailties of this extraordinary entrepreneur."—History

"A rewarding study of the later days of mining."—Arizona and the West

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. The Copper Skyrocket
  3. With a Sound of Trumpets
  4. The Making of a Westerner
  5. Tombstone Days
  6. Trouble on the San Pedro
  7. Cananea
  8. Cobre Grande
  9. The Ascent Begins
  10. Enter Mary
  11. The Financial Stratosphere
  12. The Short Busy Reign of Anson W. Burchard
  13. Thunder and Lightning
  14. The Lawson Comedy
  15. Flying High
  16. The Great Hunt
  17. In Cold Blood
  18. In Hot Blood
  19. The Descent Begins
  20. Back to Earth
  21. Cowman's Heaven
  22. Two Fast Horses
  23. The Distorted Image
  24. Postscript
  25. Chapter Notes
  26. Acknowledgments
  27. Sources
  28. Index