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James Macklin Chase was a poor Pennsylvanian who dreamed of making it rich in California. But at the turn of the century, the money to be made was in oil, citrus, water rights, and the railroads. Mack would have it all, if he had his way. And along the way, the men and women he met, the... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- Southern California
- San Francisco
- Los Angeles
- San Solaro
- Riverside
- Mr. Huntington
- New York
- Sacramento Street
- Fresno
- Oakland
- Hearst
- Stanford
- Newhall
- Danvers
- Central Valley
- Burlingame
- Pacific
- America
- Pasadena
- Pennsylvania
- London
- Fremont
- Nob Hill
- Washington
- City Hall
- Monterey
- San Diego
- Hollywood
- Barnstable
- Chicago
- Carmel
- Europe
- Ventura
- Texas
- Santa Paula
- Redlands
- White
- Berkeley
- Ohio
- Golden Gate Park
- Angelina
- Bao
- San Joaquin
- San Quentin
- Spain
- Kansas
First Sentence edit
IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA, MACK CHANCE SWABBED FLOORS in a saloon for a few days.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 9 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 1989. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Pillars of the Earth, and followed by While My Pretty One Sleeps.
Authors & Contributors edit
- John Jakes (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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