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  California: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)

  by Kevin Starr

  California has always been our Shangri-la–the promised land of countless pilgrims in search of the American Dream. Now the Golden State’s premier historian, Kevin Starr, distills the entire sweep of California’s history into one splendid volume. From the age of exploration to the age of Arnold, this is the story of a place at once quintessentially American and utterly unique. Arguing that America’s most populous... (more)
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  Up and Down California in 1860-1864: The Journal of William H. Brewer, Fourth Edition, with Maps

  by William Henry Brewer

  In 1860 William Brewer, a young Yale-educated teacher of the natural sciences and a recent widower, eagerly accepted an offer from Josiah Whitney to assist in the first geological survey of the state of California. Brewer was not a geologist, but his training in agriculture and botany made him an invaluable member of the team. He traveled more than fourteen thousand miles in the four years he spent in California... (more)
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  San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter (CA) (Images of America)

  by Gaslamp Quarter Association, Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation, San Diego Historical Society

  Founded in 1850, San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, located in what was then called New Town, became the bustling anchor of commerce for the developing City of San Diego. In this new history of the area, nearly 200 striking images tell the story of the area's early boom and bust, the saloons and bordellos of infamous Stingaree Town, the urban decay of the mid-twentieth century, and the rebirth and restoration of the... (more)
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  The Proud Breed

  by Celeste DeBlasis

  An untamed woman, a fearless man, a virgin land, a fabulas family dynasty
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  Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California

  by Frances Dinkelspielances

  Isaias Hellman, a Jewish immigrant, arrived in California in 1859 with very little money in his pocket and his brother Herman by his side.  By the time he died, he had effectively transformed Los Angeles into the modern metropolis we see today.  In Frances Dinkelspiel's groundbreaking history, the early days of California are seen through the life of a man who started out as a simple store owner only to become... (more)
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  Two Years before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea

  by Richard Henry Dana; Jr.

  This Elibron Classics book is a reprint of a 1844 edition by Harper & Brothers, New York.
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  Two Years Before the Mast

  by Richard Henry Dana

  Tracing an awe-inspiring ocean journey from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast, Two Years Before the Mast is both a riveting story of adventure and an eloquent, insightful account of life at sea in the early nineteenth century. At the young age of nineteen, Richard Henry Dana abandoned the patrician world of Boston and Harvard for an arduous voyage among real sailors and real dangers. His account of... (more)
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  Coast of Dreams: California on the Edge, 1990-2003

  by Kevin Starr

  In this extraordinary book, Kevin Starr-widely acknowledged as the premier historian of California, the scope of whose scholarship the Atlantic Monthly has called "breathtaking"-probes the possible collapse of the California dream in the years 1990--2003. In a series of compelling chapters, Coast of Dreams moves through a variety of topics that show the California of the last decade, when the state was... (more)
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  Destiny's Children: A Saga of Early California

  by Roger E. Herst

  In Destiny's Children, historian Roger Herst delivers a novel uniting east and west through the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad and the convergence of two dramatically dissimilar families. Manchu artillery deserter Wong Po-ching survives execution, escapes to America, and makes his way to California's Sierra Nevada, where he finds work on the Central Pacific Railroad. Irishman Theo Gallager,... (more)
• Geology: field guide to Southern California (The Regional geology series)Robert P Sharp

  

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  Geology: field guide to Southern California (The Regional geology series)

  by Robert P. Sharp

• The First Angelinos: The Gabrielino Indians of Los AngelesWilliam McCawley

  

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  The First Angelinos: The Gabrielino Indians of Los Angeles

  by William McCawley

  The crowded landscape of Los Angeles holds an ancient story, William McCawley writes. It is the story of the brave and resourceful Indian peoples who once inhabited the spacious valleys and plains of Los Angeles and Orange counties in Southern California; of daring seafarers who traveled the open sea in wooden canoes to trade with their kinsmen dwelling on the Channel Islands; of skillful hunters clad in deerskin... (more)
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  The Lonesome Gods (The Louis L'Amour Collection)

  by Louis L'Amour

  Left to die by his vengeful grandfather, rescued by outlaws, and raised by native Americans, Johannes Verne is strengthened by his love for two women and his ambition to survive on the Palm Springs desert. Reissue.
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  The Haunted Mansion: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies

  by Jason Surrell

  Welcome, foolish mortals, to The Haunted Mansion, one of the most popular attractions in Disney theme park history. The Haunted Mansion: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies fleshes out how the Mansion's 999 grim grinning ghosts were brought to life. Rare early sketches and story concepts, and stunning architectural drawings illustrate the Mansion's evolution as it was constructed at each Magic Kingdom Park around... (more)
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  Two years before the mast

  by Richard Henry Dana

  Tracing an awe-inspiring oceanic route from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast, Two Years Before the Mast is both a riveting story of adventure and the most eloquent, insightful account we have of life at sea in the early nineteenth century. Richard Henry Dana is only nineteen when he abandons the patrician world of Boston and Harvard for an arduous voyage among real sailors, amid genuine danger.... (more)
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  Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America

  by Theodora Kroeber

  The life story of Ishi, the last Yahi Indian, lone survivor of an exterminated tribe, is unique in the annals of North American anthropology. For more than forty years, Theodora Kroeber's biography has captivated readers. Now recent advances in technology make it possible to return to print the 1976 deluxe edition, filled with plates and historic photographs that enhance Ishi's story and bring it to life. Ishi... (more)
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  Ishi, Last of His Tribe

  by Theodora Kroeber

  When the gold rush hit California, the white men killed most of the Yahi tribe of the Yana Indians until they hid up in the hills. Ishi was the last one left in 1911.
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  San Diego Then & Now (Then and Now Series)

  by Nancy Hendrickson, Nancy Hendrickson

  Celebrating beloved cities from around the world, this book from the Then and Now series offers a unique combination of historic interest and contemporary beauty. Then and Now San Diego features over 100 fascinating archival photographs contrasted with specially commissioned, full-color images of the same scene today. Each work is a visual lesson in the historic changes of this great urban landscape.
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  Material Dreams: Southern California through the 1920s (Americans & the California Dream)

  by Kevin Starr

  Kevin Starr is the foremost chronicler of the California dream and indeed one of the finest narrative historians writing today on any subject. The first two installments of his monumental cultural history, "Americans and the California Dream," have been hailed as "mature, well-proportioned and marvelously diverse (and diverting)" (The New York Times Book Review) and "rich in details and alive with interesting,... (more)
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  David, Goliath and the Beach Cleaning Machine: How a Small California Town Fought an Oil Giant and Won (Capital Currents)

  by Barbara Wolcott

  In the tradition of "A Civil Action" and "Erin Brockovich"––the true story of a determined young lawyer who takes on a multinational oil company to save a rustic California beach and its eclectic residents from environmental disaster. During an early morning run, Saro Rizzo, a young attorney from Avila Beach, California, stumbled yet again over picnic debris, and determined to get his little town a... (more)
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  History of the Sierra Nevada / By Francis P. Farquhar

  by Francis Peloubet Farquhar

  From the time it was sighted by Spanish explorers in the eighteenth century through the creation of the John Muir trail, the building of the Hetch Hetchy Dam, and the founding of the Sierra Club, the great snowy range of California has provided fulfillment to generations of trappers, immigrants, engineers, naturalists, and tourists. Now a mountaineering classic, this pioneering book was the first to synthesize... (more)