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02204aam a2200421 i 4500 001 78859AE6DDAE11EDB031D5162DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230418010100 008 221110s2022 cauac b 001 0ceng d 010 $a 2022362598 020 $a 9798985711615 035 $a (OCoLC)1350608690 040 $a WLU $b eng $e rda $c WLU $d WLU $d DLC $d CSJ $d OCL $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a a-ii--- $a a-ii--- 050 4 $a TX910.3.D67 $b S87 2022 050 00 $a TX910.3 $b .D67 2022 100 1 $a Doshi, Mahendra K., $e author. 245 10 $a Surat to San Francisco : $b how the Patels from Gujarat established the hotel business in California 1942-1960 / $c Mahendra K. Doshi. 264 1 $a San Jose, Calif. : $b Trailblazers Publishing LLC, $c [2022] 300 $a 338 pages : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 24 cm 520 $a Surat to San Francisco is the untold Patel hospitality history from its genesis to its gradual consolidation and expansion (1942-1960). It chronicles how three founders, Kanji Manchhu Desai, Nanalal Patel, and D.Lal, accidentally created the first Patel hotel in Sacramento in 1942 and then helped over two dozen Patels and Khatris to lease inexpensive SROs in San Francisco. The stories of Gujarati hoteliers, told for the first time, are fascinating, exciting, and inspiring--a must-read. -- p.4 of cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Hotelkeepers $z California $v Biography. 650 0 $a Hotelkeepers $z California. 650 0 $a Businessmen $z Gujarat $z Gujarat $v Biography. 650 0 $a East Indians $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Motels $z United States. 650 7 $a Businessmen. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00842951 650 7 $a East Indians. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00901060 650 7 $a Hotelkeepers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00961760 650 7 $a Motels. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01026838 651 7 $a California. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204928 651 7 $a India $z Gujarat. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01213726 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117030934.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=78859AE6DDAE11EDB031D5162DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search