Famed essayist and journalist Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was the editor of the Hartford, Connecticut, Courant and a contributing editor to Harper's Magazine. Our Italy (1891) is Warner's account of a trip he made to Southern California in 1890. He describes conditions after the collapse of the 1886-1887 real estate boom and dubs the state south of the Sierra Madres "our Italy." He focuses on the region's economic future: its promise as a healthy, productive residence, agricultural developments (particularly the citrus industry), climate and industry. He devotes less attention to beauty spots and tourist attractions, but he does discuss the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Monterey.
Author(s): Charles Dudley Warner
Edition: 1
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Year: 1902
Language: English
Pages: 231
City: New York
Tags: Geography-Landscape-California-Mediterranean-Pacific
I. How own ITALY 1s MADE
II. Our CLIMATIC AND COMMERCIAL MEDITERRANEAN
III. EARLY VICISSITUDES.—PRODUCTl0NS.—SANITARY CLIMATE
IV. THE WINTER or OUR CONTENT . . . V. HEALTH AND LONGEVITY
VI. IS RESIDENCE HERE AGREEABLE?
VII. THE WINTER ox THE COAST
VIII. The GENERAL 0UTLO0K.—LAND AND PRICES
IX. THE ADVANTAGES or IRRIGATION
X. THE CHANCE FOR LABORERS AND Small Farmers
XI. SOME DETAILS OF THE WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT
XII. HOw THE FRUIT PERILS wERE MET. FURTHER DETAILS OF LOCALITIES
XIII. THE ADVANCE OF CULTIVATION SOUThwARD
XIV. A LAND OF AGREEABLE HOMES
XV. SOME wONDERS BY THE WAY.—YOSEMITE.—MARIPOSA TREES. Monterrey
XVI. FASCINATIONS OF THE DESERT.—-TIIE LAGUNA PUEBLO
XVII. THE HEART OF THE DESERT
XVIII. ON THE BRINK OF THE GRAND CANON.—THE UNIQUE MARVEL
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