A start in life.
Subtitle: A journey across America. Fruit farming in California.
By: By C.F. Dowsett ...
Publisher: Dowsett & co.
Published: 1891
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Fruit-culture -- California.; Ethnic groups -- California.; Urbanization -- California.; Real estate development -- California.; Agriculture -- California.; United States -- Description and travel.; California -- Description and travel.
Description: English businessman Charles Finch Dowsett (1835 or 1836-1915) travelled across America by rail in 1890 to become an agent for land sales in Merced County, California. A start in life (1891?) is a book-length piece of promotional literature written and published by Dowsett to extol Merced County's virtues, focusing on the prospects for fruit farming in the region. He also describes his cross country rail journey.
Notes: No known restrictions on publication.
Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [2002-2003]
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