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 ...
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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.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book Royal octavo., hardcover, very good in VG green pictorial dj. First Ed. 464 pp. yellow cloth and black lettering. The biography of the state, last stop before the Pacific. His emphasis is on trends and themes that have recurred in the state.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Size: 8x5x1; The binding is Clean and tight with minor shelf wear. Text and images unmarked. Dj shelf worn with scuffs, creases, toning & small tears in a mylar cover.
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Very Good. Very good paperback, with afterword by the author. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy, text also very good; shelfwear is minor. A nice copy.
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Fine in very good jacket. NOT an ex library book. Clean interior pages. Dust jacket has 1 1/2" tear with clear tape over part of it top front, no chips, price is clipped.
