Author: CONVERY, WILLIAM JOSEPH
Title: Pride of the Rockies : the Life of Colorado's Premiere Irish Patron, John Kernan Mullen
Description: Boulder. Colo. : University Press Of Colorado 2000. First Edition. Pride of the Rockies presents the definitive biography of John Kernan Mullen. Mullen. who fled the Irish potato famine as a child. later ruthlessly rose to control of the West's flour milling industry and was one of the architects of early Denver's transformation from a dusty supply town to the Queen City of the Mountains and Plains. A celebrated giver during his lifetime. J. K. Mullen endowed many religious and civic monuments. including Denver's Immaculate Conception Cathedral and the Mullen Library at the Catholic University of America in Washington. D. C. Convey draws upon private manuscripts and personal letters as well as over sixty photographs to illustrate the life of this rags-to-riches industrial pioneer and philanthropist. Pride of the Rockies presents an intimate look at Mullen's personal ups and downs. his struggles with his own family. his public fight for ethnic and religious tolerance. and his secret support of one of Colorado's best-known figures. Baby Doe Tabor. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 287 pages; Physical desc. : xiv. 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-276) and index. Subjects: Mullen. John Kernan. 1847-1929. Irish Americans --Colorado --Denver --Biography. by William Joseph Convery. III.Weight in Kg appr.:

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