{"product_id":"early-salinas-gary-s-breschini-9780738529936","title":"Early Salinas","description":"The city of Salinas is named for the broad saltwater slough that once seeped in from Monterey Bay, saturating this plain between the Santa Lucia and Gavilian Mountains. Originally used as range land for cattle, a town developed from a stage stop after the Gold Rush, and the drained land produced grain and other crops. After World War I, immensely profitable large-scale lettuce, broccoli, and artichoke production, known as \"green gold,\" made Salinas one of the wealthiest cities in the United States. Isolated from its neighbors by mountains on both sides, early Salinas seemed a world unto itself, and its residents, both humble and wealthy, and the seemingly infinite green rows that surrounded it, provided similarly endless inspiration to novelist John Steinbeck, who recorded life here in the first half of the 20th century and imbued it with meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary S. Breschini, Mona Gudgel, Trudy Haversat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0738529931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780738529936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.58w x 0.36d","brand":"Gary S. Breschini","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986658918655,"sku":"9780738529936","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f6ce3bf-f5f2-428c-845a-00b2695a1aa5.jpg?v=1683284581","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/early-salinas-gary-s-breschini-9780738529936","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}