The Way We Lived
Author: Malcolm Margolin
Publisher: Heyday
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 276
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of reminiscences, stories, and songs that reflect the diversity of the people native to California.
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Author: Malcolm Margolin
Publisher: Heyday
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of reminiscences, stories, and songs that reflect the diversity of the people native to California.
Author: May McNeer
Publisher:
Published: 2012-11
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9781258519094
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA History Of California, Highlighting The Cities Of San Francisco And Los Angeles.
Author: Donovan Lewis
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 567
ISBN-13: 9780942087062
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Barbara Smith
Publisher: Lone Pine Pub
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781551052373
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCalifornia's rich and colorful history has produced a wealth of tales about the supernatural. These unique tales of scary folklore come from all over the state and include such legends as the ghostly sailors that roam the decks of the Queen Mary at Long Beach to the malevolent phantoms that still haunt Alcatraz.
Author: Arthur Grove Day
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 1991-01-01
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780803265837
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1510 a Spanish romancer described an island called California, "very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise." It was inhabited by Amazons, and even the harnesses of the beasts they rode were gold. Thus began the rich literature of California. In a place that boasts so many claims to one's attention, short fiction has flourished. Great California Stories trumpets the immense short story tradition developed by visitors like Mark Twain and Ambrose Bierce but mostly by natives like Jack London and John Steinbeck. The twenty-one stories in this anthology go back to the oral tradition of the American Indians and recall the Hispanic settlement, the gold rush of the 1850s, the agricultural epoch, the growth of cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles, the foibles of early Hollywood, and the rise of ghettos. The ethnic diversity of California is reflected in a cast of story characters including Indians, mission fathers, Asians, Mexican Americans, African Americans, and forty-niners and landseekers from the eastern states. California's varied scenery is drawn on in stories with a strong sense of place, whether Steinbeck's Salinas Valley or Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles. Besides Steinbeck and Chandler, authors represented are Theodora Kroeber, Bret Harte, Gertrude Atherton, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Edwin Cone, Jack London, Idwal Jones, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Dashiel Hammett, Eugene Burdick, Janet Lewis, Wallace Stegner, and Danny Santiago. For them California is a memorable background, sometimes a fabulous character, always a distinctive quality.
Author: Dee Merian
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2009-04-06
Total Pages: 81
ISBN-13: 1440124426
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDee Merian has authored four books. They are all non-fiction stories telling the reader about fellow Americans during the 20th Century. This is her second book of anthologies. Her first book American Mosiac was recommended by Forbes Readers for three years. She mixes stories about celebrities as well as private American citizens. Stories included are Sarah Vaughan, Gorgeous George, Louella Parsons, Sonja Heine, and Patrick Dennis. Other true stories depict Americans during the stressful times of three different wars. Merian's previous book FLYING HIGH is about TWA during the pre-jet years when Howard Hughes was their CEO.
Author: Jackie Pentecost
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2011-05-11
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 1469118998
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf you can laugh at your own foibles as well as those of others, you will enjoy these stories, from the intrepid Amazonian activist to the unflappable Steve Cochran. To paraphrase, everyone is a little crazy, but each in his or her own way. The pieces are set in Florida and California because everything is a bit more in Florida and California.
Author: Ella M. Sexton
Publisher: DigiCat
Published: 2022-09-16
Total Pages: 110
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Stories of California" by Ella M. Sexton. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author: Ella M. Sexton
Publisher:
Published: 1903
Total Pages: 211
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Published: 1902
Total Pages: 282
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