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Nagle makes extensive use of Ward's correspondence, business records, contemporary newspaper accounts, and other archival material to craft a balanced profile of this fascinating figure whose actions influenced the history and culture of the Great Lakes and beyond.

Near the turn of the twentieth century, "Pine King" Justus S. Stearns was Michigan's largest producer of manufactured lumber and the owner of a prosperous coal mining operation headquartered in Stearns, Kentucky, a town he founded. Over the course of his career, Stearns would own at least thirty manufacturing businesses-making everything from finished lumber to kitchen utensils, game boards, and motors-as well as hotels, a railroad, and a powe...

Over the course of his career, Justus S. Stearns would own at least thirty manufacturing businesses, as well as hotels, a railroad, and a power company. He was also an active member of the Republican Party and a philanthropist. In this study, Michael W. Nagle details Stearn's range of accomplishments and explores the influence of both paternalism and Social Darwinism in his business practices.