Exploring Historic California

Pasadena: W. Ritchie Press, 1974. Duodecimo in white wrappers with color illustration on cover and b&w illustration on back cover; 110 pages: portraits; 18 cm. lightly worn wrappers with light edgewear and light creases to spine joints; o/w wrappers and pages are very handsome of this rare title. Very good to Near fine copy. Paperback. ISBN: 0378037129

In English. Contents: Sam Brannan: California's first millionaire.--Luther Burbank: plant perturber and infidel.--Agoston Haraszthy and "the wine rush".--Bret Harte: literary gold miner.--Thomas Oliver Larkin: consul and "C.I.A." agent.--Jack London: the "American Karl Marx".--Joaquin Miller: literary frontiersman.--Captain Jack and the Modoc War.--Lola Montez: Gold Country queen.--The Russians: lovers and sea otters.--Jedediah Strong Smith: knight in buckskin.--Leland Stanford: grocer and governor.--Johann Augustus Sutter: New Helvetian in California.--Mariano Vallejo: a California for all rulers.