Empire Builder: John D. Spreckels and the Making of San Diego Bonura Sandra E.
Empire Builder: John D. Spreckels and the Making of San Diego Bonura Sandra E. 2021 San Diego Book AwardEmpire Builder is the previously untold story of a pioneer who almost single-handedly…
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Empire Builder: John D. Spreckels and the Making of San Diego Bonura Sandra E.
2021 San Diego Book AwardEmpire Builder is the previously untold story of a pioneer who almost single-handedly transformed the bankrupt village of San Diego into a thriving city. Within just a few years, this son of the German immigrant Claus Spreckels, known as the "Sugar King," owned and controlled the majority of San Diego's industry by demanding advanced techniques of building construction, water supply management, and energy production, as well as improvements in transportation--particularly by ship, rail, electric streetcar, and automobile.After successfully building empires in sugar, shipping, and transportation and building development up and down the coast of California and across the Pacific, When he first dropped anchor in San Diego Bay on a warm June day in 1887, John Diedrich Spreckels set into motion a series of events that later defined the city.