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"A biography of Augustin Augustine Cooper including his ancestral immigrant story of coming to America onboard the Ark & Dove following Lord Baltimore, his childhood years in the Allegheny Mountains, migration to Iowa, hardships on the frontier, change of fortune on board a Mississippi River steamboat, final settlement in Dubuque, Iowa, to establish the largest 19th century wagon works west of the Mississippi. Chronicled also are details of his family life and personal struggle as he became one of the major industrialists of his era"--Provided by publisher