Lands of Promise and Despair: Chronicles of Early California, 1535-1846
by Beebe, Rose Marie, and Senkewicz, Robert M. (Edited by)
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Santa Clara and Berkeley, CA: Santa Clara Unversity and Heyday Books, 2001. xxi, 506 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. "This volume is a collection of primary documents of the writings of early California settlers. Taking the point of view of the Indians, settlers, missionaries, soldiers, and others who lived there, the editors offer letters, reports, reminiscences, and other documents that tell the inside story of California before the Gold Rush, from the time the Spanish arrived in the 1530s until the end of California's experience as a territory in the Mexican republic in the 1840s. This work is illustrated with maps, portraits, sketches, and early photographs as well as seven color plates of drawings depicting plant and animal life made by an 18th-century Czech priest." - Publisher.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.
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- Title
- Lands of Promise and Despair: Chronicles of Early California, 1535-1846
- Author
- Beebe, Rose Marie, and Senkewicz, Robert M. (Edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1890771481
- ISBN 13
- 9781890771485
- Publisher
- Santa Clara Unversity and Heyday Books
- Place of Publication
- Santa Clara and Berkeley, CA
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- X: Californiana;
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