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Item specifics
- Condition
- Pages
- 440
- Publication Date
- 2020-11-01
- ISBN
- 9781496222916
- Book Title
- Empire Builder : John D. Spreckels and the Making of San Diego
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.7 in
- Genre
- Transportation, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
- Topic
- United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Economic History, Railroads / History, Historical
- Item Weight
- 27.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 440 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
1496222911
ISBN-13
9781496222916
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14050383314
Product Key Features
Book Title
Empire Builder : John D. Spreckels and the Making of San Diego
Number of Pages
440 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Topic
United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Economic History, Railroads / History, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
27.9 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2020-010779
Reviews
"Although best remembered as a transportation magnate, John D. Spreckels led in almost every aspect of a developing southwest region, including water and agriculture. This work is long overdue and should be a 'must-read' for anyone with an interest in our history."--Bruce Semelsberger, archivist and historian at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, "Through masterful research and clear writing, Sandra Bonura allows readers to more fully understand the motives and genius of J. D. Spreckels."--Iris Engstrand, recognized authority on San Diego's history, "Here is the definitive book on John D. Spreckels, a titan who came [to San Diego] and ended up seeming to own or control everything in town. To read Sandra Bonura's biography of John D. Spreckels is to understand how many of the very foundations of America's finest city came to be."--Ken Kramer, creator and host of Ken Kramer's About San Diego on KPBS-TV, "Sandra Bonura breaks new ground exploring John Spreckels's escapades and incredible accomplishments across the Pacific. Bonura has a penchant for finding history's obscured truths and retelling them vividly and honestly. Empire Builde r's story does not disappoint."--Edgy Lee, national award-winning documentary film writer and director, "Bonura expertly conveys the passion and drive of a man who invested his fortune and energy in building San Diego, a sometimes herculean task that earned him praise but also the enmity of those who resented his dominance."--Theodore "Andy" Strathman, coeditor of the Journal of San Diego History, "This book will not only guide you to a world of business and wealth but will tell you the fascinating story, private until now, behind John D. Spreckels's success."--Uwe Spiekermann, author, historian, and expert on immigrant entrepreneurship, "Bonura takes a deep and satisfying dive into the history of one of the leading families of the West's Gilded Age. The narrative is accompanied by fascinating narrative tangents."--Leon Fink, distinguished author, historian, editor, and recognized expert on labor unions and immigration, "A sweetly told story of not only an important figure in San Diego and California history but a fractious family that helped give America its sweet tooth."--Roland De Wolk, award-winning investigative journalist and author, "Fascinating. . . . Through one man's life, we learn the more general history of how cities in this young country developed, a story of the 'one-man town' commonly played out across the American West. . . . The author has resurrected the Spreckels name from obscurity and established its place in San Diego history."--Rowena Gray, California History, "Although best remembered as a transportation magnate, John D. Spreckels led in almost every aspect of a developing southwest region, including water and agriculture. This work is long overdue and should be a must-read for anyone with an interest in our history."--Bruce Semelsberger, archivist and historian at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, "With exhaustive research and a storyteller's flair, historian Sandra E. Bonura offers a sweeping narrative of one of the nation's most important and unjustly forgotten industrialists. Bonura weaves a tale that is at once epic and intimate."--Charles Slack, award-winning author, journalist, and business editor, "Sandra Bonura breaks new ground exploring John Spreckels's escapades and incredible accomplishments across the Pacific. Bonura has a penchant for finding history's obscured truths and retelling them vividly and honestly. Empire Builde r's story does not disappoint."--Edgy Lee, award-winning documentary film writer and director
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
979.4985
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations Foreword by Uwe Spiekermann Acknowledgments Prologue: "It's Hell for the 'One Man' in the One-Man Town" 1. Chasing the Sweet American Dream 2. Taking Hawai'i by Storm 3. Crazed Land Boom and Bust 4. Sugar and Strife 5. Aloha Hawai'i 6. Raising the Spreckels Clan 7. Roots in San Francisco 8. Building San Diego's Infrastructure 9. Earthquake, Death, and Legal (and Romantic) Chaos 10. Influencing San Diego Politics 11. Coronado's Uncle John 12. The So-Called Impossible Railroad 13. Building Up Broadway 14. John and the Wobblies 15. Gifting the Panama-California Exposition and the Zoo 16. Standing Up to the U.S. Government 17. The Cruel 1920s 18. The Departed Skipper Epilogue: Breaking Up the Empire Notes on Sources and Research Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Empire Builder is the previously untold story of John D. Spreckels, the pioneer who almost single-handedly built San Diego after creating empires in sugar, shipping, transportation, and building development up and down the coast of California and across the Pacific., "With exhaustive research and a storyteller's flair, historian Sandra E. Bonura offers a sweeping narrative of one of the nation's most important and unjustly forgotten industrialists. Bonura weaves a tale that is at once epic and intimate." --Charles Slack, award-winning author, journalist, and business editor 2021 San Diego Book Award Empire Builder is the previously untold story of a pioneer who almost single-handedly transformed the bankrupt village of San Diego into a thriving city. When he first dropped anchor in San Diego Bay on a warm June day in 1887, John Diedrich Spreckels set into motion a series of events that later defined the city. Within just a few years, this son of the German immigrant Claus Spreckels, known as the "Sugar King," owned and controlled the majority of San Diego's industry by demanding advanced techniques of building construction, water supply management, and energy production, as well as improvements in transportation--particularly by ship, rail, electric streetcar, and automobile. After successfully building empires in sugar, shipping, and transportation and building development up and down the coast of California and across the Pacific, Spreckels rubbed shoulders with world leaders, bailed out royalty, and even successfully sued the U.S. government twice, all while contributing to numerous educational, charitable, and cultural institutions in San Diego and San Francisco. Despite the fact that Spreckels created and owned much of San Diego's early twentieth-century infrastructure, his name is unknown to many contemporary San Diegans. Nobody, especially not Spreckels himself, could have foreseen that his empire would be all but forgotten in so short a time. Sandra E. Bonura strives to correct this oversight by providing a behind-the-scenes look into the Spreckels family and its role in business and into the man himself. This deeply researched biography, which includes newly discovered family documents and photos, paints a realistic portrait of cultural, economic, and political aspects of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century California.
LC Classification Number
HC102.5.S6A633 2020
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