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Far Side of Eden New Money, Old Land, and the Battle for Napa Valley

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ISBN-10: 0618379800

ISBN-13: 9780618379804

Edition: 2002

Authors: James Conaway

List price: $33.95
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In the tradition of his New York Times bestseller, Napa, James Conaway picks up the story he began a decade ago. The Far Side of Eden offers "a fascinating look at the political side of the wine revolution that put California's Napa Valley on the world map" (Miami Herald). Now, Conaway reveals, Napa is awash in dollars generated by the boom economy and the social ambitions it inspired. The valley is beset by new arrivals determined to have vineyards of their own and by cult-wine producers in thrall to fabulously expensive "rocket juice" (cabernet sauvignon) that few locals can afford - while established families wish to hold on to the old ways, and camp followers get caught up in the…    
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Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 8/21/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Prologue
A Vineyard of One's Own
Passion on the Land
Divide and Fall
Turtle Island
Epilogue
Index