Advocate for American Enterprise

DOUGLAS STEEPLES is Professor of History Emeritus and formerly Dean at Mercer University. His primary research interests are the American West and U.S. Business History. His recent books include Treasure from the Painted Hills (Greenwood, 1999) and Democracy in Desperation (Greenwood, 1998).

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"Endorsement From H. Roger Grant, Professor/Chair, Department of History, Clemson University: In what should stand for years as the definitive study of the force behind the highly influential business newspaper, the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, this delightful written book clearly places William Buck Dana in the context of the great economic, political, and social forces of his times. Douglas Steeples is especially adept at conveying who Dana was, his thoughts and his contributions. The book is exceptionally well researched. Not only has Steeples utilized appropriate secondary resources, but he has painstakingly ferreted out materials that are related to Dana and his financial paper. Steeples's achievement is immense and impressive. Endorsement From Gloria Ricci Lothrop, W.P. Whitsett Professor of History, California State University, Northridge: Douglas Steeples has written a richly evocative biography of William Buck Dana, who from 1865 to 1910 edited the Commercial and Finacial Chronicle, the nation's most prominent business monthly...has drawn from the archives of the Chronicle... as well as an array of primary and secondary sources to provide an overview of the economic development of this critical period on American business history....Skillfully using a wide range of sources he has crafted a biography illuminated by the life of an influential business figure.