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Author:

MacMillan, W. Duncan (William Duncan), 1930-

Title:

MacMillan : the American grain family / W. Duncan MacMillan, with Patricia Condon Johnston ; foreword and epilogue by John Steele Gordon.

Publisher:

Afton Historical Society Press,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

xi, 336 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

McMillan family.
Cargill, Inc.--History.
Grain trade--United States--History.

Other Authors:

Johnston, Patricia Condon.
Gordon, John Steele

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-327) and index.

Contents:

I call this progess. Dance called America -- Lawyers and loggers -- Cargill connection -- Centennial fever -- Birds of a feather -- D. D. McMillan & sons -- Utter ruin -- New beginnings -- Loring Park -- Changing of the guard -- Counting pennies -- War in Europe -- Captain John H. MacMillan, Jr. -- Clermont-Farrand -- Mutiny in the family -- Pauline and Marion -- Bane of his existence -- Roosevelt and recovery -- Not worth molesting -- Building boats -- Rain makes grain -- If only father were alive! -- We live in a goldfish bowl -- I call this progess.

ISBN:

9781890434045 (hardcover)
1890434043 (hardcover)

LCCN:

98010694

Locations:

OQAX737 -- Iowa Western Community College - Edith Lisle Library (Clarinda)