Grand ventures
Subtitle: the Banning family and the shaping of Southern California
By: by Tom Sitton.
Publisher: Huntington Library
Published: 2010
Place of publication: San Marino, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 483
ISBN-13: 9780873282437
Subjects: Banning family; Banning, Phineas, -- 1830-1885; California, Southern -- History; California, Southern, -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: Documents the role Phineas Banning and his descendants played in the development of Southern California, including his work in the building of the region's mercantile and transportation infrastructure, and the family's shaping of Southern California tourism and social service, reform, and philanthropy networks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.