Asa Shinn Mercer, Volume 31: Western Promoter and Newspaperman, 1839-1917

by Lawrence M. Woods

The almost incredible diversity of Asa Mercer's experiences is striking. In adventures spanning the American continent, Asa was a surveyor, teacher, immigration promoter, collector of customs, ship salvager, manager of a shipping line, editor and publisher of books and newspapers, and finally a farmer and rancher. The list boggles the mind, and the unlikelihood of it all mounts up when one considers that these experiences were mostly financed by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087062315X
• ISBN13: 9780870623158
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.9" x 9.8"

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A life lived in the yesteryear of America

Asa Shinn Mercer: Western Promoter And Newspaperman 1839-1917 by historian Lawrence M. Woods is the impressively written and presented biography of a most remarkable surveyor, teacher, immigration promoter, editor and publisher, ship salvager, farmer, and rancher. Asa Shinn Mercer's eclectic life and contributions make for lively and engaging reading in this carefully researched and wholly enjoyable account of a life lived in the yesteryear of America.