I’ve been reading one of those oddly interesting books that I spotted among the discards from the Chico Library. It’s titled “The King of California” and, no, it’s not about Arnold. It is the story of J.G. Boswell and “The Making of a Secret American Empire”. True story, just Google his name and you can see what effect he has had on the world.
I’ve learned quite a bit more than I knew about the great valley of California by reading this book. 465 miles from the bottom of the Grapevine to Redding and 60 miles wide. And Mr. Boswell transformed this valley into his vision of how the world should operate; a vision that he brought with him from post-Civil War Georgia. It certainly answers a lot of questions I’ve had about the mindset of those who live in the valley. And it explains why there is such a deep cultural divide between the valley and the coast. It’s almost as if there were two entirely different states within the borders of one.
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