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The king of California : J.G. Boswell and the making of a secret American empire / Mark Arax & Rick Wartzman.
Van Pelt Library F868.S173 A73 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arax, Mark, 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boswell, James Griffin.
- Boswell family.
- Pioneers--California--San Joaquin Valley--Biography.
- Cotton farmers--California--San Joaquin Valley--Biography.
- Businessmen--California--San Joaquin Valley--Biography.
- Cotton growing--California--San Joaquin Valley--History--20th century.
- Cotton growing.
- History.
- Businessmen.
- Cotton farmers.
- Pioneers.
- San Joaquin Valley (Calif.)--History--20th century.
- Agricultural industries--California--San Joaquin Valley--History--20th century.
- Agricultural industries.
- California--San Joaquin Valley.
- San Joaquin Valley (Calif.)--Economic conditions--20th century.
- San Joaquin Valley (Calif.)--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 558 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, [2003]
- Summary:
- A rich, colorful history of California centering on the untold story of America's biggest farmer, J.G. Boswell, who controls more than $1 billion worth of water rights and real estate in the heart of the state. The nonfiction version of Chinatown or East of Eden.
- Contents:
- The Boswell Family Tree ix
- Winter
- 2 The Cotton Kingdom 23
- 3 The Little Sahara 32
- 4 The Lake of the Tules 46
- 5 The Little Kingdom of Kings 66
- Spring
- 7 White Gold, Black Faces 113
- 8 La Mordida 137
- 9 "Goon-Squad Tactics" 158
- 10 River of Empire 177
- 11 Blue Blood 212
- Summer
- 13 Boot Hill 256
- 14 The Stud 286
- 15 Truce 316
- 16 Lobbyists, Politicians, Payola 349
- 17 The View from the Forty-sixth Floor 361
- 18 Death in the Homeland Canal 388
- Autumn.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-531) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1586480286
- OCLC:
- 52819634
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