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The spinach king the rise and fall of an American dynasty

"Having left this material for his writer son, my father must have wanted the story told, even if he couldn't bear to tell it himself." So begins the story of a forgotten American dynasty, a farming family from the bean fields of southern New Jersey who became as wealthy and powerful as aristocrats...

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Main Author: Seabrook, John (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2025]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Seabrook, Charles Franklin, > 1881-1964.
Seabrook, John M., > 1917-2009.
Seabrook family > Biography.
Farmers > Biography.
Frozen foods industry > United States > History.
Inheritance and succession.
Seabrook Farms (Seabrook, N.J.)
Family histories.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: bookstrap village
  • Seabrook family reunion, 1994
  • The Henry Ford of agriculture, 1859-1924
  • Bloody harvest, 1929-1934
  • Old bulls and young bulls, 1939-1954
  • The prince and the reporter, 1954-1959
  • Epilogue: Seabrook & Son.

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