A Mountainous Tragedy Starring Thaddeus Lowe

by Paul McClure

Thaddeus Lowe, born in 1832, rose from modest beginnings to become a cobbler apprentice, stage magician, aeronaut, organizer of the Union Army's Civil War Balloon Corps, inventor, businessman, and holder of numerous patents. In 1887, he moved to California, where he built a 24,000 square-foot mansion, founded the Citizens' Bank of Los Angeles, and built the fabulous Mount Lowe Railway and resort complex above Pasadena Then he went broke.By 1899, his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1724163450
• ISBN13: 9781724163455
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"