Hop King : Ezra Meeker's Boom Years
(NW, NB - Locally Owned)
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Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2016].
ISBN
9780874223422, 0874223423
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xv, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Location | Format | Call Number | Status |
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DISTRIBUTION CENTER - ARCHIVES | NB - Locally Owned | B MEEKER LARSEN | On Shelf |
WENATCHEE PUBLIC LIBRARY | NW | B MEEKER LARSEN | On Shelf |
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Published
Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2016].
Format
NW, NB - Locally Owned
Language
English
ISBN
9780874223422, 0874223423
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-245) and index.
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"Two of Ezra Meeker's most defining traits were his ability to recognize business opportunities and his willingness to take risks. The Oregon Trail pioneer traveled west in 1852, eventually settling in the Puyallup Valley. In the mid-1860s, he planted his first hops and attained modest success. Serving as a broker, he traveled to New York and London to open new markets, and hired a chemist to confirm Northwest hops produced more extract than those grown in Bavaria or New York. In 1882, Pacific coast growers benefited from widespread crop failure elsewhere. Desperate brewers offered astronomical prices. E. Meeker and Co. became the largest hops exporter in the country, and Ezra the official "hop king." As an outstanding entrepreneur on a local and global scale and through his involvement in pivotal regional events such as women's suffrage and the Chinese expulsion, Meeker helped transform the landscape, economics, and politics of his adopted home on Puget Sound." -- Amazon.com.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Larsen, D. M. (2016). Hop King: Ezra Meeker's Boom Years . Washington State University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Larsen, Dennis M., 1946-. 2016. Hop King: Ezra Meeker's Boom Years. Washington State University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Larsen, Dennis M., 1946-. Hop King: Ezra Meeker's Boom Years Washington State University Press, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Larsen, Dennis M. Hop King: Ezra Meeker's Boom Years Washington State University Press, 2016.
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