Download or read book Empire Builder written by Sandra E. Bonura and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022-12 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empire Builder is the previously untold story of John D. Spreckels, the pioneer who almost singlehandedly built San Diego after creating empires in sugar, shipping, transportation, and building development up and down the coast of California and across the Pacific.