The Central Sacramento Valley Story

After describing the Central Valley of California the book focuses on
the flood plain of the Sacramento River where most of the lands
adjoining the river were a series of Mexican Land Grants. These
grants were broken into private holdings after statehood and the challenging
effort to reclaim the overflow lands began.
The book covers the political and natural challenges in reclaiming these lands
together with the introduction of a new crop, rice, and the development of
new machines, primarily the Caterpillar tractor, that aided significantly in
making the reclamation efforts successful.