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The king of California
J. G. Boswell and the making of a secret American empire
By Arax, Mark & Wartzman, Rick
- ISBN
- 978-1-58648-028-8
- Publisher
- New York : PublicAffairs, c2003.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 15, 2003
Jim Boswell is the biggest farmer in California and probably in the United States. For most of the last century, his family succeeded in keeping its business affairs private, but Los Angeles Times journalists Arax and Wartzman have finally persuaded Boswell to talk about his operations. In addition to interviews, they have used court filings, archival documents and records, and published sources to tell the story of how a few cotton planters chased from the Sout...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
