New York: Public Affairs, 2003. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Selected as one of the best books of 2003 by the San Francisco Chronicle, which described it thus: ' Most people have probably never heard of Jim Boswell, and that's just the way he likes it. If not for years of shoe-leather journalism from Mark Arax and Rick Wartzman, the Boswell agricultural dynasty might even now be a shadowy entity, known mostly through its gravitational pull on other bodies -- especially legislative ones. In this landmark and improbably entertaining book, the Boswell Co. now stands revealed for what it is: the dark matter of 20th century California history.' In a National Public Radio interview , the authors described both how difficult it was to get Boswell to tell his side of the story, and how unprecedented it was to have this access - but Boswell did not like the title. An almost incredible story about a family who was responsible for shaping so much of California's growth- and who still controls what is more valuable than gold to the state: its water. SIGNED by both authors on the half title page and dated in the year of publication and scarce thus. 558 pp. ISBN: 1-58648-0286.