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Author Worcester, Leonard, Jr., 1863-1939, author.

Title The aimless life music, mines, and revolution from the Rocky Mountains to Mexico / Leonard Worcester Jr. ; introduced, edited and annotated by Andrew Offenburger
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Childhood and American transformations, 1863-1881 -- A pragmatic professional, 1881-1893 -- Colorado, 1893-1905 -- Borderland mining and the early Revolution, 1905-1914 -- Business in the borderlands, 1914-1939 -- Coda
Summary "The Aimless Life is a historical memoir that tells the story of Leonard Worcester, Jr. and provides a clear example of the capitalist development of the American West and borderlands regions in the second half of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher
SUBJECT Worcester, Leonard, Jr., 1863-1939
Subject Mineral industries -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Anecdotes
Mineral industries -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (Chihuahua) -- History -- Anecdotes
Americans -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (Chihuahua) -- Biography
Assayers -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (Chihuahua) -- Biography
Assayers -- Colorado -- Leadville -- Biography
Mining engineers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
Mining engineers
Mineral industries
Assayers
Americans
SUBJECT Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920 -- Personal narratives
Subject West United States
Mexico -- Chihuahua (Chihuahua)
Mexico
Colorado -- Leadville
Genre/Form Personal narratives
History
Biographies
Anecdotes
Form Electronic book
Author Offenburger, Andrew, editor
William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies.
ISBN 9781496227768
149622776X