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"All who complete graduate work in the study of history and aspire to write published works know the expectation that the author exhaust the sources of the topic. Professor Mike Nagle is tireless in his quest for knowing and exemplifies this ultimate standard. It is surprising that no other historian has been aware of and motivated to write a biography of Eber Brock Ward, a major manufacturing leader in Michigan's history. Mike Nagle is adept at telling this intriguing and revealing story of an interesting character. --William M. Anderson In writing this biography, Michael Nagle leveraged the ambitious life of industrialist Eber Brock Ward to craft a comprehensive bridge between antebellum America and the roots of the Gilded Age. Nagle weaves the compelling threads of E. B. Ward's story together for the first time in this finely researched Great Lakes saga. --Joel Stone ""curator emeritus, Detroit Historical Society"" Michael Nagle graces us with an illuminating biography of Eber Brock Ward, a business titan of Michigan's nineteenth century. Nagle brings complexity and nuance to the life of this influential and, some would say, nefarious public figure who lived an equally intriguing private life. --Alan Gallay ""Texas Christian University"" No stone appears to have been left unturned in this remarkably detailed study and analysis of the industrialist's career. --David J. Mrozek ""The Michigan Railfan"""

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Michael W. Nagle is a professor of history and political science at West Shore Community College in Scottville, Michigan. He is the author of Justus S. Stearns: Michigan Pine King and Kentucky Coal Baron, 1845–1933 (Wayne State University Press, 2015), which won the Kentucky History Award. He lives in Ludington, Michigan.

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