Book: Iron Men Historian Richard Dillon, one of the pre-eminent chroniclers of the Far West has made an important contribution to the history of California and the Irish in America in this exhaustively researched and well written triple-biography of the pioneering brothers Donahue-James, Peter and Michael. James and Peter built California's first iron works and San Francisco's first gas plant. Peter built the first heavy locomotive ever manufactured in the West, and was active in building railroads in San Jose area, Sonoma and Marin. Michael moved to Davenport, Iowa. Twice elected Mayor, he built the most modern waterworks of the Midwest.
Details of Book: Iron Men Book: Iron Men
Author: Richard H. Dillon
ISBN: 1885852320
ISBN-13: 9781885852328
, 978-1885852328
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 15032004
Publisher: James Stevenson Publisher
Number of Pages: 364
Language: English