Book Description
Secondhand. Good condition. Book has wear to corners and edges, particularly at spine. Previous owner has signed inside page, now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Some foxing and sunning to foredges. Dust jacket is in very good condition with only minor creasing.
Third-generation north-westerner Lang Hancock's fortune was legendary. The iron ore magnate was controversial and highly profile in business and politics.
In this book, Neill Phillipson does much to explain the enigmatic Hancock character and the circumstances that led to the growth of the iron ore industry in the Pilbara Region.
Includes bibliography and index.