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John Clay, Jr., Vol. 29 »

Authors: Lawrence M. Woods
ISBN-13: 9780870623042, ISBN-10: 0870623044
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Date Published: July 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)

	Preface	9
Section I	John Clay, The Man
I.	The Men Named John Clay	13
II.	Scottish Farmers	23
Section II	Range Manager
III.	A Scottish Lad In the New World	35
IV.	Working for Scottish Investors	51
V.	Indian and Boomers	59
VI.	Ranching on the Sweetwater	73
VII.	In the Black Hills	87
Section III	Punishing Rustlers
VIII.	Clay and the Rustlers	97
IX.	In Charge of the War	111
X.	Damage Control	125
XI.	A Law Unto Themselves	133
Section IV	The Swan Company
XII.	Managing the Swan--the Cattle Years	145
XIII.	Managing the Swan--the Sheep Years	159
XIV.	President of the Swan	177
Section V	The Clay Financial Empire
XV.	Commission House and Money Lending	193
XVI.	The Early Clay Banks	201
XVII.	Bank Charter Frenzy and Aftermath	211
Section VI	Other Interests
XVIII.	A Shareholder and Other Tasks	225
XIX.	Publishing and Other Clay Enterprises	235
Section VII	Summing Up
XX.	The Clay Management Style	243
XXI.	Days of Ease and Decline	253
	Epilogue	267
	A Selected Bibliography	271
	Index	275