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Author Sitton, Tom, 1949-

Title Grand ventures : the Banning family and the shaping of Southern California / by Tom Sitton.

Imprint San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library, [2010]
©2010
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 2nd FL Humanities Library Books  F867 .S57 2010    Available
Collation xii, 483 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Note "This book has been a project of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West"--P. xii.
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-451) and index.
Summary 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.
Note Inscribed by the author.
Subject Banning family.
Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885.
California, Southern -- History.
California, Southern -- Biography.
Alt Author Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West.
ISBN 9780873282437 (alk. paper)
0873282434 (alk. paper)