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Title: soulless
Review: The author of this book was the man who subdivided the Hope Ranch area of Santa Barbara. If he felt any connection to the land underfoot, he did not articulate it in this collection of dates, letters, and foundings of clubhouses, golf courses, and polo fields. Why he wrote the book is unclear, for it comes to an unsentimentally linear account devoid of story, emotion, or anecdote. The subtitle might have been, "Turning a Former Rancho Into Real Estate." Fortunately, the area under study, though now gated and guarded, remains lush and vibrantly alive.
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