Research Catalog

Title

A Scottish syndicate in the Redwoods : monopoly and fraud in the California Redwoods, 1882-1892 / Marvin Shepherd ; copyediting by Arlene Miller ; indexing by Rachel Rice.

Author

Shepherd, Marvin.

Publication

• Walnut Creek, CA : Published by Georgie Press, 2015.
• ©2015

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Details

Additional Authors

• Miller, Arlene, 1951-
• Rice, Rachel.

Description

v, 184 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Alternative Title

Monopoly and fraud in the California Redwoods, 1882-1892

Subject

• 1800-1899
• Scottish Americans > California > Humboldt County > History > 19th century
• Fraud > California > Humboldt County > History > 19th century
• Syndicates (Finance) > California > Humboldt County > History > 19th century
• Lumber trade > California > Humboldt County > History > 19th century
• Américains d'origine écossaise > Californie > Humboldt > Histoire > 19e siècle
• Fraude > Californie > Humboldt > Histoire > 19e siècle
• Syndicats financiers > Californie > Humboldt > Histoire > 19e siècle
• Bois > Commerce > Histoire > Californie > Humboldt > 19e siècle
• Fraud
• Lumber trade
• Scottish Americans
• Syndicates (Finance)
• Humboldt County (Calif.) > History > 19th century
• California > Humboldt County

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Cover title.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Elements of a timberland fraud: people, land, laws and money -- A Scottish syndicate in the Redwoods -- James D. Walker: an unscrupulous merchant -- Three entrepreneurs in the Redwoods -- Streamlining the entry men process -- An investigation into alleged fraud -- The California Redwood Company, Ltd: a short-lived monopoly -- Crime and punishment -- The Scottish syndicate holds on to Redwood timberland.

ISBN

• 9780984520725
• 0984520724

LCCN

2014914665

OCLC

• ocn913897903
• 913897903
• SCSB-8988286

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library