THE MAN FROM MESABI

by Sarah Lockwood ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 17, 1955

An American ""robber baron"" story with a new slant, and with the feel of wilderness days when the Mesabi iron ore range was a tenuous dream in the mind of a lumberman -- and a spark in the intelligence of a struggling young New England lawyer who saw a future on the frontiers. Steve Bradway was down to a few dollars when Curtis persuaded him not to sell his claim to Cramer, representing Massachusetts Mining. But neither of them dreamed that some day Steve would hold the whip handle, call the tune --and marry old man Forsyth's granddaughter, Amelia Wentworth. Both Steve and Amelia had ambitions- and when they collided, Steve went his own way. He became a power not only in the Mesabi district, but on the Great Lakes where his iron ore freighters made surface ore profitable, but in Wall Street, where the gamble of the stock market captured his interest, for a time. Amelia- and her gigolo son, Victor- reached for the top of the social ladder in New York, and almost made it. And Carla, a bit of flotsam out of Steve's past, changed his life beyond repair. The pattern is predictable; It's a many times told story, though the iron background is new. But Sarah Lockwood has infused it with an authentic feel, as though much of the material had been drawn from early Minnesota records. Good Americana -- covering a spread from the 1880's to the early 1900's.

Pub Date: March 17, 1955

ISBN: 0548449368

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1955

Categories: FICTION