Sandra E. Bonura tells the overlooked yet genuine rags-to-riches story of Claus Spreckels and his pioneering role in developing the sugar industry in the United States and the kingdom of Hawai‘i.
Sandra E. Bonura tells the overlooked yet genuine rags-to-riches story of Claus Spreckels and his pioneering role in developing the sugar industry in the United States and the kingdom of Hawai‘i.
Sandra E. Bonura is a historian, researcher, and writer. A retired professor of education and school counseling, she is the author of Empire Builder: John D. Spreckels and the Making of San Diego (Nebraska, 2020); Light in the Queen’s Garden: Ida May Pope, Pioneer for Hawai‘i’s Daughters ; and An American Girl in the Hawaiian Islands: Letters of Carrie Prudence Winter, 1890–1893.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Chasing the American Dream 2. White Gold 3. Too Much Too Fast 4. Between Heaven and Hell in Aptos 5. Threats, Opportunities, and the Reciprocity Treaty 6. Storming into Hawaii 7. Branching Out 8. Vilified for His Overnight Monopoly 9. Raising Cane in Spreckelsville 10. The Kingdom in Crisis 11. Adolph Shoots to Kill 12. Beets Now or Never 13. Sugar and Strife 14. The Divided House of Spreckels in Pacific Heights 15. Large and In Charge 16. Sweet Success in the Salinas Valley 17. Too Many Irons in the Fire 18. Claus’s World Crumbles 19. Auf Wiedersehen Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Chasing the American Dream 2. White Gold 3. Too Much Too Fast 4. Between Heaven and Hell in Aptos 5. Threats, Opportunities, and the Reciprocity Treaty 6. Storming into Hawaii 7. Branching Out 8. Vilified for His Overnight Monopoly 9. Raising Cane in Spreckelsville 10. The Kingdom in Crisis 11. Adolph Shoots to Kill 12. Beets Now or Never 13. Sugar and Strife 14. The Divided House of Spreckels in Pacific Heights 15. Large and In Charge 16. Sweet Success in the Salinas Valley 17. Too Many Irons in the Fire 18. Claus’s World Crumbles 19. Auf Wiedersehen Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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