The Great Persuader

Author: David Sievert Lavender
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ISBN: 0870814761
Publisher: University Press of Colorado (January, 1999)
Sales Rank: 496,599
Average Customer Rating: 5 out of 5

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Rating: 5 out of 5
Great Persuader: Must have book on Collis Potter Huntington
Lavender is an excellent writer and serious history scholar. This is an outstanding book, and well deserves a space on the book shelf of any serious student of the Central Pacific or Southern Pacific. I've had my copy for years, and I can assure you it is well dog-eared and tatered from heavy and frequent reference. Lavender's sources are thorough (although he did not access the huge archive of Huntington papers at Syracuse University) and his remarks in general correct and precisely on target. Of the three great Huntington biographies, (the others are Cerinda Evan's Collis Potter Huntington and Oscar Lewis' The Big Four), this is by far the best, though I highly recommend Evan's work as well. This is a must-have book on this subject.

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