eBook John Mackay: Silver King in the Gilded Age (Shepperson Series in Nevada History) ePub

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This is a new biography of the most successful miner in the West. From the early 1870s until his death in 1902, John Mackay was among the richest men in the world, and he was without doubt the wealthiest man to emerge from Nevada's fabulous Comstock Lode. Beginning life as a poor Irish immigrant, he early developed a strong work ethic that distinguished him for the rest of his life.

About the Author: Michael J. Makley is the author of three other books. His biography of William Sharon, The Infamous King of the Comstock, won ForeWord Magazine's Silver Book of the Year Award for Biography in 2006. He lives in the eastern Sierra Nevada

About the Author: Michael J. He lives in the eastern Sierra Nevada.

Author Michael J. Makley explores how, from his beginnings as a poor Irish immigrant, John Mackay developed a strong work ethic that distinguished him for the rest of his life.

Makley’s book recounts the life and career of one of the most successful .

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John Mackay: Silver King in the Gilded Age. by Michael J. Makley. This engaging biography will appeal to readers interested in the Comstock Lode and mining in the West during the latter part of the nineteenth century as well as general western history enthusiasts. Read on the Scribd mobile app. Download the free Scribd mobile app to read anytime, anywhere.

Michael J. Makley is the author of seven books on western history, and his biography William Sharon: The Infamous King of the Comstock won Foreword Magazine’s 2008 Silver Award for Biography. His other publications include Saving Lake Tahoe: An Environmental History of a National Treasure and Cave Rock: Climbers, Courts, and a Washoe Indian Sacred Place. Makley divides his time between the eastern Sierra Nevada and Denver, Colorado.

From the early 1870s until his death in 1902, John Mackay was among the richest men in the world and was without a doubt the wealthiest man to emerge from Nevada s fabulous Comstock Lode

From the early 1870s until his death in 1902, John Mackay was among the richest men in the world and was without a doubt the wealthiest man to emerge from Nevada s fabulous Comstock Lode. Author Michael J. Makley is the author of several studies of Nevada history, including The Infamous King of the Comstock . Makley is the author of several studies of Nevada history, including The Infamous King of the Comstock: William Sharon and the Gilded Age in the West and John Mackay: Silver King in the Gilded Age, and coauthor of Cave Rock: Climbers, Courts, and a Washoe Indian Sacred Place, all from the University of Nevada Press. Makley is the author of seven books on western history, and his biography William Sharon: The Infamous King of the Comstock won Foreword Magazine s 2008 Silver Award for Biography. Series: Shepperson Series in Nevada History.