Iron and Water: My Life Protecting Minnesota's Environment

by Grant J. Merritt

A memoir of family, mining pioneers and unscrupulous magnates, and the fight for Minnesota's natural resources

In 1855 the Merritt family arrived in Minnesota, where a descendant, Alfred, would one day become one of the "Seven Iron Men"--builders of the first mines to tap the state's great mineral wealth in the Mesabi Range. Another Merritt, more than half a century later, would lead the efforts to protect Lake Superior from damage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816678812
• ISBN13: 9780816678815
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"