{"product_id":"americans-and-the-california-dream-1850-1915","title":"Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York: Oxford University Pres, 1973. First edition (no earlier editions or printings stated). Quarto in rust-colored cloth and brown picrial jacket; xviii, 494 pages portraits 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 460-479). Near fine with minor edges wear in a very good slightly edge-worn jacket. Please see photos. Now housed in archival mylar sleeve.  in very good dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780195016444\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the better books on Early California History. Starr's first book. Contents: \tProphetic patterns, 1786-1850 -- Beyond Eldorado -- City on a hill -- A rapid, monstrous maturity -- \"Because I am a Californian\": the loyalties of Josiah Royce -- Sport, mountaineering, and life on the land -- The Sonoma finale of Jack London, rancher -- Bohemian shores -- The city beautiful and the San Francisco Fair -- Life among the best and truest: David Starr Jordan and the founding of Stanford University -- Gertrude Atherton, daughter of the elite -- An American Mediterranean -- Americans and the California dream.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Starr, Kevin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46055910703362,"sku":"94301.0","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/4412\/1602\/files\/holder_4_82a90800-23c4-42e3-88d6-6898e5622828.jpg?v=1744089563","url":"https:\/\/bibliope.com\/products\/americans-and-the-california-dream-1850-1915","provider":"Bibliope","version":"1.0","type":"link"}