"James J. Hill (1838-1916), the Empire Builder, created a vast railroad network across the northwestern United States. In this splendid biography Albro Martin, the first researcher to have access to Hill's voluminous correspondence, richly portrays a man of many parts: an entrepreneur, a family man, a collector of notable French paintings, a promoter of scientific agriculture, and a booster for the Northwest."--Back cover

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Cover title: James J. Hill & the opening of the NorthwestReprint. Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1976

Cover title: James J. Hill & the opening of the NorthwestReprint. Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1976