books about: spreckels

books about: spreckels

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Spreckels

Mistrial of the Century: A Private Diary of the Jury System on Trial

Tracy Kennedy, Judith Kennedy, ...

Dove Books, 1996

Very Enlighting Book
This book was not what I expected. This book is not about the O.J. Simpson Trial. These book goes into the way jurors are treated in our Judicical system, how jurrors are guarded and have the same rights as a person in jail. This book should be mandatory reading for ...

Kitesurfing: The Complete Guide
Kristin Boese, Christian Spreckels

Wiley, 2008

Leap for your life and discover the trills of kitesurfing! Written by three-time world champion and packed with over 500 photographs, this book covers first attempts at getting afloat to snapping a 360. It is the definitive guide to kitesurfing, covering both mental and physical preparation with fabulous photography showing every stage of ...

Claus Spreckels: The Sugar King in Hawaii
Jacob Adler

Mutual Publishing, 1966

Claus Spreckels was born in Landstedt, in the then independent kingdom of Hanover, on July 9, 1828. He came to the United States in 1846, and engaged in the grocery business in South Carolina and New York. He came to San Francisco in 1856, where he was in the grocery trade and organized a brewery. He also acquired sugar plantations in the Sandwich ...

The Private Diary of Lyle Menendez: In His Own Words!

Lyle Menendez, Norma Novelli, ...

Dove Books, 1995

Well Written
Wow, who would have thought. For a different side of the story (and there is always another side)this is a good read. Whether or not you buy the information being told is another thing. I found it a good read and a sad story.

Bunker Spreckels: Surfing's Divine Prince of Decadence

Taschen, 2007

Beautiful and very interesting
I'm a big fan of Bunk's stepfather Clark Gable, so I was thrilled to see something about Bunk in print. It added another dimension to a more personal side of Gable. But my husband was a surfer, and he was thrilled with the photography and history regarding this ...

Big Alma: San Francisco's Alma Spreckels

Bernice Scharlach

Scottwall Associates, 1990

What a woman!
Alma Spreckles led a life most of us only associate with heroines in novels - but she was the real deal. Ordinarily, I'm not a huge fan of biographies, but author Bernice Scharlach brings vivid life to her subject and the times she lived in. Outside of the SF bay area, ...

The Spreckels Name in History
Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com, 2007

This book is part of the Our Name in History series, a collection of fascinating facts and statistics, alongside short historical commentary, created to tell the story of previous generations who have shared this name. The information in this book is a compendium of research and data pulled from census records, military records, ships' logs, ...