The Lottery of Life - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Harold A. HendersonTheme:Cultural Region/MidwestPublish date:12/23/2020Pages:380
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Harold A. HendersonISBN-13:9781734375220ISBN-10:1734375221UPC:9781734375220Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.78 inchesWeight:0.508Product ID:SCYB7WED27
William Scholes (1814-1864), a cotton carder in one of the "dark Satanic mills" of the Industrial Revolution in England, won a workers' lottery on New Year's Day 1849. That fall, he and wife Ann Mills (1814-1875) and their children arrived in central Wisconsin with high hopes and few skills. In 37 chapters, The Lottery of Life follows the ancestral couple and their descendants―among them teachers, telegraphers, engineers, homesteaders, active union members, farmers, inventors (from farm equipment to recycling fluorescent lights), an encyclopedia manager, and a world authority on glass.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Harold A. HendersonISBN-13:9781734375220ISBN-10:1734375221UPC:9781734375220Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.78 inchesWeight:0.508Product ID:SCYB7WED27
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