The Boom of the Eighties in Southern California
by Dumke, Glenn S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ to Near Fine/Good to Good-
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About This Item
San Marino, Ca: Huntington Library, 1966. "The 1880's were remarkable in southern California history for a land boom of unprecedented proportions....The arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1876 increased immigration; ...and the ensuing rate war reduced fares from Kansas City to one dollar, tourists and prospective settlers swarmed in from most of the United States and many countries of Europe....The city of Los Angeles, nucleus of the boom, increased in size 500 per cent. Many new suburban towns, such as Inglewood, Monrovia, and Glendale were incorporated....The present work is an attempt to tell the full story, as depicted in public documents, in newspapers and other contemporary accounts, and in the mass of literature on the history of California." 313 pp. including Appendixes, Bibliography and Index. Photographs throughout. Map endpapers of Southern California 1887. Book is Very Good + to Near Fine. Dust Jacket soiled.Tears at top edge. Spine and mainly back cover's top edge with waterstains. Shows slightly on book's front endpapers' top hinge edge, through to title page-you really have to look for it-very faint. Dust Jacket is Good to Good-. . Fourth Printing. Cloth. Very Good+ to Near Fine/Good to Good-. Illus. by Photographs. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". California.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004167
- Title
- The Boom of the Eighties in Southern California
- Author
- Dumke, Glenn S
- Illustrator
- Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ to Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good to Good-
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- Publisher
- Huntington Library
- Place of Publication
- San Marino, Ca
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- California, California History, Los Angeles, Los Angeles History, Southern California, Southern California History,
- Size
- Size: Approx. 6 " x 9"
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