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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Brian McGintyPublisher: Stanford University Press Imprint: Stanford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 1.002kg ISBN: 9780804731454ISBN 10: 0804731454 Pages: 596 Publication Date: 01 August 1998 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe definitive biography of 'the father of California viticulture,' an intriguing and compelling book, at once scholarly and entertaining. Haraszthy's checkered career (full of magnificent successes and allegations of scandalous misbehavior) intersects with topics central to an understanding of 19th-century California. -James L. Rawls, Diablo Valley College This fine biography ... is a balanced, well-written account of a truly remarkable if reckless entrepreneur. -The Journal of American History 'This is the definitive biography of 'the father of California viticulture,'an intriguing and compelling book, at once scholarly and entertaining. Haraszthy's checkered career (full of magnificent successes and allegations of scandalous misbehavior) intersects with topics central to an understanding of nineteenth-century California. The literary style is delightful, with the author's frank and open voice sharing with enthusiasm many a colorful yarn.' JamesJ. Rawls, Diablo Valley College, California Author InformationBrian McGinty is the great-great-grandson of Agoston Haraszthy. Attorney, historian, and writer, he is the author of Haraszthy at the Mint and The Palace Inns. For this book, he spent years researching original sources in Hungary, Wisconsin, California, and Nicaragua (where Haraszthy met a strange death in 1869). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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