The garden of the world
By: Lawrence Coates
Series: West word fiction
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Reno
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780874178708; 9780874178777
Description: "California's Santa Clara Valley was once home to a vigorous wine industry. The Garden of the World is the tale of a pioneer winemaking family headed by Paul Tourneau, a fiercely ambitious vintner determined to make the finest wines in California. His plans are disrupted by a phylloxera epidemic at the beginning of the twentieth century, the trials of national Prohibition, and the bitter alienation of his older son. Played out against the vividly depicted seasonal rhythms of vineyard life, this is a moving saga of betrayal, loss, and the harsh consequences of unbreakable ambition"--Back cover.