Judge: A Life of Thomas Mellon, Founder of a Fortune

by James Mellon

Book Overview

Lawyer, judge, banker, classics professor, and councilman, Thomas Mellon greatly influenced the fortunes of his hometown, Pittsburgh, throughout the nineteenth century. In the process, he became one of the city's most important business leaders, and he laid the foundation for a family that would contribute considerably to the city's growth and welfare for much of the next hundred years, becoming one of the world's most recognizable names in industry,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300167148
• ISBN13: 9780300167146
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 590 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.6"