Pioneers Built from the Soil Up: How the Funk Family Shaped American History - 6634

The Chicago Tribune described Isaac Funk as the largest self-made landowner in the U.S. in the mid-1800s. Learn how he emerged from an impoverished, shady youth to become a respected leader, perhaps the richest farmer in the U.S., and a key early friend and booster of Abraham Lincoln. Pioneers provides a well-researched, vivid portrayal of the Funk family. Men who advised presidents, opposed slavery, became the voice of America’s farmers, served as civic leaders, and transformed agriculture to feed the world. Women who fought for suffrage, supported education, and stepped up to run the farm. A family whose wealth and standing attracted scandal and blackmail. Read the stories of pioneers in Illinois when it was the Wild West, of pioneers who traversed the Oregon Trail to become leaders in early Oregon, and of pioneers who developed and marketed the first hybrid seed corn to feed the world.
ASIN: B0D5BSQB39
VSKU: BVV.B0D5BSQB39.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Bodenner, Chris
Binding: Paperback