The Garden of the World

Acknowledments

< 201 = # a c k n o w l e d g m e n t s T he town of San Natoma, featured in this novel, has much in common historically and geographically with Saratoga, California, the town where my mother grew up. In key aspects, however, San Natoma is a creation of my imagination. The characters and events are fictional, and are not intended to represent actual people or events. I did research for this book at the Bancroft Library at UC-Berkeley, the Napa Valley Wine Library in St. Helena, the Sonoma County Wine Library in Healdsburg, and the California History Center at De Anza College. I would like to thank the wonderful reference librarians at those institutions, especially Lisa Christiansen at the California History Center. I would also like to extend special thanks to Dave Muret of the Santa Lucia Highlands Winegrowers for a fine afternoon discussing grape growing and winemaking. This manuscript was read and aided by many friends and fellow writers . I’d like to thank Dorothy Solomon, Pam Carlquist, Kristen Rogers, Ron Molen, and Kay Cook, who saw drafts of the early chapters. Thanks also go to Valerie Cohen, who reads true, and to Alan Winnikoff and Alison Bond. A final push from Margaret Dalrymple at University of Nevada Press was most necessary and appreciated. While writing and revising this book, I enjoyed the support of the Department of English and the College of Arts and Sciences at Bowling Green State University, and I’d like to thank especially Kristine Blair and Wendell Mayo. And finally, my thanks to Kimberly, who has seen me high and low. ...