California
Land of New Beginnings
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Published:1st Jul '87
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
From the earliest Spanish explorations in the late 1500s through the present, California's history and growth have been both tumultuous and phenomenal. All the historical facts are here: the missions and the Indians, the struggles between the Mexicans and the Americans, the fabulous gold rushes, statehood in 1850, railroad wars, furious labor upheavals, the disastrous scandals and bankruptcies of the 1920s, and the recent gigantic tamperings with nature. David Lavender tells, with unusual clarity and grace, the story of a beautiful state's rise to giganticism. In an afterword to this Bison Book edition, he looks at California today.
"There may be other histories of California as good as this (although I know of none better) but there are none so vividly written, so exciting to read. [David Lavender] has, as usual, endowed the past with an interest and a sense of reality that is unique."-Ray A. Billington -- Ray A. Billington "A magnificent, fast-paced, immensely readable account of California."-John Seelye, New York Times -- John Seelye New York Times
ISBN: 9780803279247
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 652g
480 pages