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Author Birmingham, Stephen.

Title California rich : the lives, the times, the scandals, and the fortunes of the men & women who made & kept California's wealth / Stephen Birmingham
Published New York : Open Road Integrated Media, 2016

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Contents Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Prologue: The Gilded Man; Part One: The Seed Money; Chapter One: Liquid Gold; Chapter Two: Grants and Grabs; Chapter Three: The Big Four; Chapter Four: How to Buy a King; Chapter Five: Chronicle of Power; Chapter Six: The Great Museum War; Chapter Seven: Silver Kings and Other Royalty; Chapter Eight: Disasters, Natural and Unnatural; Part Two: The Easy Spenders; Chapter Nine: Throwing It Around; Chapter Ten: Prince and Pauper; Chapter Eleven: Wedding Bells; Chapter Twelve: Mother and Children; Chapter Thirteen: Tempest About a Teapot
Chapter Fourteen: Final CurtainsChapter Fifteen: Scandals; Part Three: Blood and Water; Chapter Sixteen: J.I.'s Land; Chapter Seventeen: Tough Lady; Chapter Eighteen: End of the Battle; Chapter Nineteen: Overnight Tradition; Chapter Twenty: "Valley People"; Chapter Twenty-One: O Little Town; Chapter Twenty-Two: Finisterra; Postscript: Further On; Chapter Twenty-Three: The Gilded Nomads; Image Gallery; Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgments; Copyright Page
Summary California Rich is the entertaining and scandal-filled look inside the lives of the Golden State's moneyed elite
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 20, 2016)
Subject Millionaires -- California -- Biography
Rich people -- California -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
Manners and customs
Millionaires
Rich people
SUBJECT California -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018893
California -- Biography
Subject California
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781504041058
1504041054