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• catalog abstract ""When Mark Arax and Rick Wartzman set out to write the story of James Griffin Boswell II and his hold on the geographical heart of California, they knew they had a cagey subject on their hands. For a half century he had stood atop a secret empire while thumbing his nose at nature, politicians, labor unions and every journalist who had tried to lift the veil on the ultimate "factory in the fields." Upon first meeting Boswell, it was easy to think of him as just another farmer tooling around in his dusty pickup. But this was a titan who owned more agricultural acreage and controlled more river water than any other land baron in the West. He grew more cotton than anyone on the planet, and he grew cities, too, including the first major retirement community in the country - Sun City, Arizona." "The King of California is a narrative that will carry readers from the Catholic fathers who built their missions up and down El Camino Real to the psychotic murderers incarcerated at the infamous Corcoran State Prison. Along the way, Arax and Wartzman tell the story of how the Boswells, a Georgia slave-owning family who migrated from California in the early 1920s, drained one of. America's biggest lakes and carved out the richest cotton kingdom in the world. It is the biography of a forbidding landscape tamed by the vision of one man. From the clay bottoms of old Tulare lake to the corridors of Washington, Jim Boswell had won just about every battle. And yet the question lingered: Was his farming miracle worth the heavy price that America had paid?"--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b13036203.
• catalog contributor b13036204.
• catalog coverage "San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Biography.".
• catalog coverage "San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Economic conditions 20th century.".
• catalog coverage "San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) History 20th century.".
• catalog created "c2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "c2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
• catalog description ""The King of California is a narrative that will carry readers from the Catholic fathers who built their missions up and down El Camino Real to the psychotic murderers incarcerated at the infamous Corcoran State Prison. Along the way, Arax and Wartzman tell the story of how the Boswells, a Georgia slave-owning family who migrated from California in the early 1920s, drained one of.".
• catalog description ""When Mark Arax and Rick Wartzman set out to write the story of James Griffin Boswell II and his hold on the geographical heart of California, they knew they had a cagey subject on their hands. For a half century he had stood atop a secret empire while thumbing his nose at nature, politicians, labor unions and every journalist who had tried to lift the veil on the ultimate "factory in the fields."".
• catalog description "America's biggest lakes and carved out the richest cotton kingdom in the world. It is the biography of a forbidding landscape tamed by the vision of one man. From the clay bottoms of old Tulare lake to the corridors of Washington, Jim Boswell had won just about every battle. And yet the question lingered: Was his farming miracle worth the heavy price that America had paid?"--Jacket.".
• catalog description "He grew more cotton than anyone on the planet, and he grew cities, too, including the first major retirement community in the country - Sun City, Arizona."".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 521-531) and index.".
• catalog description "The Boswell Family Tree ix -- Winter -- Spring -- Summer -- Autumn.".
• catalog description "Upon first meeting Boswell, it was easy to think of him as just another farmer tooling around in his dusty pickup. But this was a titan who owned more agricultural acreage and controlled more river water than any other land baron in the West.".
• catalog extent "viii, 558 p., [16] p. of plates :".
• catalog identifier "1586480286".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "c2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : PublicAffairs,".
• catalog spatial "California San Joaquin Valley".
• catalog spatial "San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Biography.".
• catalog spatial "San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Economic conditions 20th century.".
• catalog spatial "San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "979.4/805/092 B 22".
• catalog subject "Agricultural industries California San Joaquin Valley History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Boswell family.".
• catalog subject "Boswell, James Griffin.".
• catalog subject "Businessmen California San Joaquin Valley Biography.".
• catalog subject "Cotton farmers California San Joaquin Valley Biography.".
• catalog subject "Cotton growing California San Joaquin Valley History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "F868.S173 A73 2003".
• catalog subject "Pioneers California San Joaquin Valley Biography.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The Boswell Family Tree ix -- Winter -- Spring -- Summer -- Autumn.".
• catalog title "The king of California : J.G. Boswell and the making of a secret American empire / Mark Arax & Rick Wartzman.".
• catalog type "Biography. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".