Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Master Hands in the Affairs of the Pacific Coast
Author: Sale
Author: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1246
Book Description
A Toast to Eclipse
Author: Brian McGintyPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 080618745X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
The sparkling wines of California rival the best French Champagnes today, but their place at our tables came about through careful craftsmanship that began more than a century ago. The predecessor of today’s California bubbly was Eclipse Champagne, the first commercially successful California sparkling wine, produced by Arpad Haraszthy in the mid- to late nineteenth century. In A Toast to Eclipse, Brian McGinty offers a definitive history of the wine, exploring California’s winemaking past and two of the people who put the state’s varietal wines on the map: Arpad and his father Agoston Haraszthy, the legendary “father of California viticulture.” Inspired by his father’s dream of making California one of the world’s great viticultural regions, Arpad Haraszthy (1840–1900) pursued that goal at a time when the best grapes for making California wine had yet to be discovered, when the best locations for vineyards had not yet been established, and when the public could hardly believe that good wine could be made in a country overrun with gold miners and desperados. As a young man, Arpad spent two years in the Champagne country of northeastern France, studying the classic methods of French sparkling wine manufacture, before bringing his knowledge home to California. As McGinty shows, the story of the award-winning wine Haraszthy created is also the story of San Francisco during its heyday as the largest, most dynamic city in the American West. McGinty reveals new information about California varietals and winemaking districts, and probes the controversy about whether Agoston Haraszthy introduced the Zinfandel grape to the Golden State. Aficionados of wine and of California history will find this narrative insightful and refreshing, and all readers will gain an appreciation for Arpad Haraszthy, Eclipse, and the delicate process of making a wine sparkle.
Catalogue
Author: Dawson's Book ShopPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Catalogue No. 11
Author: San Francisco Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
On the Edge of the World
Author: Richard W. LongstrethPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520214156
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Richard Longstreth provides a detailed picture of the early careers of four architects—Bernard Maybeck, Willis Polk, Ernest Coxhead, and A.C. Schweinfurth—who had a decisive impact on the course of design in the San Francisco Bay Area and who stand as significant contributors to American architecture.
Far West and Gateway Literature, Rare California Broadsides, Western Laws and History, Rare Books on Mormonism, California Acquisition, Overland Railroad and Travel, Western Bandits, Pioneers and Adventures, Etc. Etc. to be Sold by Auction Monday, Tuesday Afternoons, February Fifth, Sixth at Two-thirty
Author: Anderson Galleries, IncPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Monthly Bulletin
Author: San Francisco (Calif.). Free Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Catalogue of the California State Library
Author: California State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
Yankee Muslim
Author: Alexander Russell WebbPublisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0893709190
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
In the Fall of 1892, Alexander Russell Webb, the American consul to the Philippine Islands, resigned his post and set off for a tour of the Indian subcontinent. Webb had converted to Islam and partnered with Indian Muslims to commence an Islamic mission to the United States. Part of the agreement allowed Webb to travel to India on his way back to America and visit cities with large Muslim populations. This work encompasses his travels, including: his departure from Manila, sea voyages, stays in Singapore and Penang, and most notably, the more than two months that he spent amongst the Muslims of Rangoon, Calcutta, Bombay, Poona, Hyderabad, and Madras. During Webb's travels he met with many prominent members of the Indian Muslim community, and presented lectures on Islam to large audiences. As an American Muslim, and one of the first converts in North America to Islam, his first-person accounts provide a unique perspective and historical account of Colonial India and Indian Muslims in particular. A primary document that will prove invaluable in studying the early Muslim history of the United States and its relationship to India. Complete with historical Introduction, Notes, Bibliography, and detailed Index.