Research Catalog

Title

Walter : a German immigrant who helped make Orange County bloom / Sir Eldon Griffiths.

Author

Griffiths, Eldon.

Publication

Orange, Calif. : Chapman University Press ; Santa Ana, CA : Distributed by Seven Locks Press, c2001.

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Details

Description

xiv, 361 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Schmid, Walter, 1902-
• Schmidt family
• 1900-1999
• German Americans > California > Orange County > Biography
• Immigrants > California > Orange County > Biography
• Businessmen > California > Orange County > Biography
• Farmers > California > Orange County > Biography
• Orange County (Calif.) > Biography
• Orange County (Calif.) > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

• History
• Biographies.
• Dust jackets – 21st century.
• Biographies – 21st century.

Note

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Roots in the weavers' trade -- A genteel upbringing in Germany -- A voyage to ragtime New York -- California, here we come -- Buying the farm -- culture shock on a California ranch -- World War I seperates Germanism from Americanism -- Walter takes charge -- Back to school -- An innocent abroad in 1925 Europe -- What Walter saw, and did not see, inm the fatherland -- Vienna, Budapest, Berlin in 1925 -- Marrying the tailor's daughter -- Young marrieds face the Great Depression -- Natural disastersand new opportunities -- The pros and cons of Adolf Hitler -- How Hitler misjudged America -- Was war with Germany inevitable? -- Land and food for the war effort -- The shape of post-war Europe -- Flesh and blood in Germany -- Lessons for Americans -- Walter finds a platform -- Chair of a crusading grand jury -- Ranching turns to real estate -- The "Water" man -- taking care of the sewage! -- Promoting Orange County's freeways -- A venture into politics that backfired! -- The Schmids' view of mid-20th century Europe -- Backing Nixon, before the fall -- Exploring Detente in East Germany -- Making money -- and enjoying travel -- Supporting Chapman University -- Making the desert bloom -- Walter's happy ending.

ISBN

0929765370

LCCN

^^2001032261

OCLC

• 46937546
• SCSB-11874562

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library