California and the Golden West
Author | : Carole Chester |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : California |
ISBN | : 9780004473260 |
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Author | : Carole Chester |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : California |
ISBN | : 9780004473260 |
Author | : Carole Chester |
Publisher | : National Geographic Society |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 1983-01-01 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9780528848940 |
Author | : James Robert Moriarty |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 760 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Cabrillo National Monument (San Diego, Calif.) |
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Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : California |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Joe Mathews |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : California |
ISBN | : 0520268520 |
"California Crackup is brilliant. It cuts through the familiar tangle of diagnoses and quick-fix solutions to provide a comprehensive and persuasive analysis of California's dysfunctional governmental system. Paul and Mathews have coolly laid out a complicated story, made it readable, sometimes even comedic. It is the best discussion of the issue I've seen in over three decades."--Peter Schrag, author of California: America's High-Stakes Experiment "I know of no other work that combines so succinctly and enjoyably a historical summary of California's existing problems with such a sweeping and provocative program of reform."--Ethan Rarick, University of California, Berkeley "Mark Paul and Joe Mathews have produced an indispensable guide to California's crisis of governance--and they have done so with humor, scholarship, fairness and storytelling verve. Every Californian should read this book."--Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ghost Wars "Mark Paul... has a talent for presenting California Big Think stuff in an easily accessible and always readable way...[offering] clear and creative insights on the subject of California's collapse."--CalBuzz "Joe Mathews has done an artful, fascinating, and convincing job of connecting the California of today's Schwarzenegger era to the long history that made his rise possible.--James Fallows,The Atlantic Monthly on Mathews' book, The People's Machine
Author | : Diana Hollingsworth Gessler |
Publisher | : Algonquin Books |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2013-07-12 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1616202998 |
A fisherman on the Santa Monica Pier. The vineyards of Napa Valley. Surfers in Malibu. An Indian village in Yosemite and the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset. Artist Diana Gessler captures the color and character of our third largest and most populous state. In lively watercolors, sketches, and stories, Gessler shares her adventures on the road, driving from north to south--Sonoma to San Diego and beyond. She and her husband, Paul (designated driver and food lover), stop when curiosity or hunger seizes them. With pen and brush, Gessler works on the spot, bringing to life the cities, towns, and countrysides as well as the details that make them special. A great horned owl. A local farm stand. A woman making tortillas on a sidewalk cart. A bunkhouse in the redwoods. Crab traps along the bay. Her intimate journal is filled with colorful people, beaches, flowers, architecture, animals, trails, memorable meals, and movie stars (at least the gates in front of their houses). Very California is organized by region, and each chapter opens with a map and driving route of the area. Peppered throughout are amusing tidbits about all the things that make California so very California. Diana Gessler has created a memento for tourists and an enchanting book for those who appreciate the pleasures of the West Coast.
Author | : Gary Noy |
Publisher | : Heyday.ORIM |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2020-06-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1597145041 |
“Teems with bittersweet compounds of 19th-century nefariousness, including . . . gambling, knife fights, the demon drink, con artistry, and prostitution.” —Los Angeles Review of Books In 1855 an ex-miner lamented that nineteenth-century California “can and does furnish the best bad things,” including “purer liquors . . . finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and prettier courtezans [sic]” than anywhere else in America. Lured by boons of gold and other exploitable resources, California’s settler population mushroomed under Mexican and early American control, and this period of rapid transformation gave rise to a freewheeling culture best epitomized by its entertainments. Hellacious California tours the rambunctious and occasionally appalling amusements of the Golden State: gambling, gun duels, knife fights, gracious dining and gluttony, prostitution, fandangos, cigars, con artistry, and the demon drink. Historian Gary Noy unearths myriad primary sources, many of which have never before been published, to spin his true tall tales that are by turns humorous and horrifying. Whether detailing the exploits of an inebriated stallion, gambling parlors as a reinforcement and subversion of racial norms, armed skirmishes over eggs, or the ins and outs of the “Spirit Lover” scam, Noy expertly situates these stories in the context of a live-for-the-moment society characterized by audacity, bigotry, and risk. “Confidently carries the reader into the everyday lives of early Californians. The focus on Californians’ popular pastimes . . . with an eye on vice, decadence, and scandal, makes this book a rowdy tour.” —Dr. Patrick Ettinger, Professor of History, California State University, Sacramento; Former Director of CSUS Public History Program and the Capital Campus Oral History Program
Author | : Native Daughters of the Golden West. Historical Landmarks Committee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 1902 |
Genre | : California |
ISBN | : |
Author | : William F. Knapke |
Publisher | : San Marino, Calif. : Golden West Books |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Transportation |
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Author | : Gary Crabbe |
Publisher | : Voyageur Press |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2011-05-13 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 161060248X |
A fun, fresh tribute to the Golden State, illustrated with gorgeous color photography, fascinating historical images, and cool memorabilia. Learn anew the legends, landmarks, and lore of historic sites, such as Bodie, Point Reyes, the Knights Ferry Bridge, Mission Santa Barbara, Carson Mansion in Old Town Eureka, Death Valley, Glacier Point, and Alcatraz. Delving into the people, places, and activities that have defined California through the years, this book explores all that makes California great: the Big Sur coast, the Monterey Jazz Festival, Napa Valley’s wine country, Hollywood, the redwood trees of Muir Woods, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite Valley, big game fishing, surfing, agriculture, politics, music, sports, and much, much more. Turn the pages for a visual feast of this extraordinary state!