J.G. Boswell And The Making Of A Secret American Empire

Over the past 50 years, J.G. Boswell, the biggest farmer in America, has thumbed his nose at nature, politicians and every journalist who ever tried to expose the workings of his agricultural empire. Now at 80, Boswell has done an "about face," revealing himself and his story to two award winning Los Angeles Times journalists. His saga, more than a business story, is a sweeping social history that takes us from Georgia where his family owned slaves to the black farmlands of California, where he carved out the richest cotton empire in the world. Larry talks with Rick Wartzman, Los Angeles Times Business Editor, previously with the Wall Street Journal, Mark Arax, LA Times reporter and author of the critically acclaimed In My Father's Name, about his search to find his father's killers. Both are co-authors of The King of California: JG. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire.

Over the past 50 years, J.G. Boswell, the biggest farmer in America, has thumbed his nose at nature, politicians and every journalist who ever tried to expose the workings of his agricultural empire. Now at 80, Boswell has done an "about face," revealing himself and his story to two award winning Los Angeles Times journalists. His saga, more than a business story, is a sweeping social history that takes us from Georgia where his family owned slaves to the black farmlands of California, where he carved out the richest cotton empire in the world. Larry talks with Rick Wartzman, Los Angeles Times Business Editor, previously with the Wall Street Journal, Mark Arax, LA Times reporter and author of the critically acclaimed In My Father's Name, about his search to find his father's killers. Both are co-authors of The King of California: JG. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire.