1st Ed. The King of California BOSWELL & the Making of a Secret American Empire

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Condition
Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“Some wear on the sleeve / wrinkles. Small stain at the top right. See photos.”
Subject
History
Modified Item
No
Special Attributes
Dust Jacket, Illustrated
US State
California
ISBN
9781586480288
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Public Affairs
ISBN-10
1586480286
ISBN-13
9781586480288
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1975569

Product Key Features

Book Title
King of California : J. G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire
Number of Pages
576 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Adventurers & Explorers, Industries / Agribusiness, Business
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Author
Rick Wartzman, Mark Arax
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight
36.1 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-058495
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
979.4/805/092 B
Synopsis
J.G. Boswell is the biggest farmer in America. Over the past fifty years he has built a secret empire while thumbing his nose at nature, politicians, labor unions and every journalist who ever tried to lift the veil on the ultimate "factory in the fields." Now eighty years old, with an almost pathological bent toward privacy, Boswell has spent the past few years confiding one of the great stories of the American West to Mark Arax and Rick Wartzman. The King of California is the previously untold account of how a Georgia slave-owning family migrated to California in the early 1920s, drained one of America 's biggest lakes in an act of incredible hubris and carved out the richest cotton empire in the world. Indeed, the sophistication of Boswell 's agricultural operation -from lab to field to gin - is unrivaled anywhere. Much more than a business story, this is a sweeping social history that details the saga of cotton growers who were chased from the South by the boll weevil and brought their black farmhands to California. It is a gripping read with cameos by a cast of famous characters, from Cecil B. DeMille to Cesar Chavez.
LC Classification Number
F868.S173A73 2003

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