The Californians: Writings of Their Past and Present [complete in two volumes]

San Francisco: Hesperian House, 1961. First Edition. Two quarto volumes in yellow and pale green pictorial jackets; 564, 521pp: maps; 24 cm. Maps to endpapers. Fine in near fine(+) jackets now in archival mylar. Small closed tear to jacket top edge of Volume 1. Both volumes in archival myalr sleeves. . Hardcover.

Perhaps the most interesting and broad-reaching anthologies of California writing. "In this unique anthology, for the first time the whole restless and colorful carnival of California writings is presented, from moody Indian legends to upbeat poems like Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 'they were putting up the statue.' ... with selections from ... the Diegueno, the Yokuts, the Shoshonean Indians, who sing of the seasons." Dust jacketContents: Volume I: Part I. The Indians. Part II. Two Spanish rosaries. Part III. The rough and ready epoch. Part IV. Culture a'coming. Part V. Machines. Volume II: Part VI. Economic interpretations. Part VII. The adjustment of images. Part VIII. The scene. Volume I: Part 1, the Indians: Creation with serpent / The Diegueno. The Coast Range and the Sierras / Dancing song for a Yokut Wedding / The Yokuts. Sacramento Valley Drainage / The Maidu. Coyote's gift of Light / The Gallinomero. Girl into Woman / The Mohave Shoshones. Coyote's Daughter's Husband / The Karok. Girl and Coyote in Flood Time / The Chamahuevi. The Ambition of a Wife / The Yaudanchi Yokuts. Why the Authority is Divided / The Washoe. Rise and Fall of the Prairie Falcon / The Gabrielano. Cruelty in a Marriage / The Luiseno Shoshones. Harvesting Song / The Shoshones. The Chief of the Dead / The Tachi and Miwoks. Part II, Two Spanish Rosaries: The Santa Barbara Coast / Juan Crespi. Francisco Garces, O.F.M. / Pedro Font. A Few Fathers are Complaining Somewhat / Junipero Serra. Moment on a Journey / Junipero Serra. The Legend of the China Poblana / The Legend of La Llorona / Deeds of Senor Juan Urdemales / O Blanca Virgen / Anonymous. A Bell of San Gabriel / James Steele. Your Excellency Perhaps May Laugh / Nicolai P. Resanov. California Sport, and A Theme to Contemplate / Zenas Leonard. The Ballad of Ramon Castillo / The Ballad of Jesus Cadenas / Adelita / Anonymous. The Excellence of its Climate / Richard Henry Dana. Meanwhiile in Washington / Four Presidents. "Doctor" Marsh and "Captain" Sutter / John Bidwell. Part III, The Rough and Ready Epoch: The Saints Can Be Supported There / Anonymous. The California Tragedy / J. Quinn Thornton. Where to go in the Gold Country / Anonymous. The best bad things / H.R. Helper. The end of a journal / George W.B. Evans. Doctor Crane's swan song / John B. Crane. El Canelo / California / Bayard Taylor. Cow counties clippings / Two editors. Sandy Ago- a soliloquy / Melancholy accident-death of a young man / "John Phoenix". Secession of the sunny South / Conventioneers. The ballad of Joaquin Murietta / The real Claifornia bank robbers / The California Stage Company / Anonymous. Stay East, young man / Horace Greeley. Horace Greeley's ride / Horace Greeley, Artemus Ward and Samuel Clemens. Twenty-four years after / Richard Henry Dana. Confederacy and the Comstock Lode / Asbury Harpending. The Copperhead's Thanksgiving / Visalia Expositor. Evening / Edward Pollock. Up and down California / William H. Brewer. California country ball / Anonymous. The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County / Samuel Clemens. Bells of San Gabriel / Charles Warren Stoddard. Field-notes / Clarence King. Part IV, Culture a'coming: What the engines said / Bret Harte. From a passage to India / Walt Whitman. Junction of the two roads / The Alta Californian. The Heathen Chinee / The Society upon the Stanislaus / Dickens in Camp / What the Bullet Sang / The Angelus / San Francisco from the Sea / A Secret of Telegraph Hill (Novella) / Fate / Bret Harte. My New Year's Guests / Rollin M. Daggett. A Song of Later Comers / Anonymous. Chinatown and Women's Country / Orso / Henry Sienkiewicz. Three Larceny Lyrics / Black Bart Bolton. Industries and Indians of South California / Helen Hunt Jackson. The Gringo Nation / Horace Bell. The Bandit Sontag / Eva Evans and One Unknown. Eleven Railroad Spikes / Various Hands. The Old Pacific Capital / Robert Louis Stevenson. The Poetry of the Promotion / Home of the Peach / A Lot that Cost him Nought / Cross Creek Ditch / La Ballona Song / Oakland's Noble Future / North to North Sacramento / Anonymous. To a Face at a Concert / Eve's Daughter / The Foster-mother / Reverie / Home / Edward Rowland Sill. Philosopher and Fire / Josiah Royce. Part V, Machines: Joachin Murietta / To the Bards of S.F. Bay / SanDiego / Joaquin Miller. Biters / John Muir. Definitions / An Impostor / A Trencher-knight / Mr. William Randolph Hearst / Not Guilty / One Summer Night / The Secret of Macarger's Gulch / The Returned Californian / Ambrose Bierce. Sailed / Siesta / Helen Hunt Jackson / Christmas Eve / Ina Coolbrith. The Pocket Hunter / Jimville, A Bret Harte Town / Mary Austin. The Man with the Hoe / The Tragedy / The Goblin Laugh / In High Sierras / In Death Valley / Edwin Markham. The Third Circle / Frank Norris. A Raid on the Oyster Pirates / People and Art / Love of Life / The Mexican / Jack London. The Golden Whales of California / Vachel Lindsay. Autumn in Carmel / The Common Cult / The Passing of Bierce / Ocean Sunsets:III / A Mood / Father Coyote / The Black Vulture / George Sterling. Volume II: Part VI, Economic Interpretations. God's Harlequin / At Monterey / Alexander J. Cody, S.J. The Drama of the Reclamation / Franklin Walker. The Imperial Valley Strike / In Honor of Labor's Dead / Robb Bernardo. Dead Man / James M. Cain. I Horn Into Hollywood / Will Rogers. The Ballad of William Hickman / Anonymous. The Blond Dog / Louis Clyde Stoumen. Concerning a Woman of Sin / Ben Hecht. Crazy Sunday / F. Scott Fitzgerald. Altagracia's Dying Party / Amanda M. Chase. The Girl / Meridel Le Sueur. Modoc County Cowboy / Anonymous. Johnny Bear / John Steinbeck. Helen, Thy Beauty is to Me / John Fante. No More Sad Thoughts / George Mardikian. Shine, Perishing Republic / Clouds of Evening / Hurt Hawks / Post Mortem / Continent's End / Robinson Jeffers. Part VII, The Adjustment of Images: Requiem for the Spanish Dead / At Lake Desolation / On What Planet / A Christmas Note for Geraldine Udell / Delia Rexroth / The Daughters / Kenneth Rexroth. O.K., Baby, This is the World / The Legend-makers / William Saroyan. Irresistable Force / Herman Wouk. A Smattering of Bliss / Virginia Faulkner. How Near / No Place for a Puritan / The Whore at Easter / That Hill / William Justema. Los Angeles at War / James Leigh. Poems from The New Colony / Madeline Gleason. Somebody Has to be Nobody / Budd Shulberg. The World in the Evening / Christopher Isherwood. Big Sur and the Good Life / Henry Miller. Ozymandias, The Utopia that Failed / Aldous Huxley. Hook / Walter van Tilburg Clark. Project / Orderly / Message / Reception / Josephine Miles. Part VIII, The Scene: America / Allen Ginsberg. The Fall of Mardou / Jack Kerouac. 29 March, 10:20 p.m. / 4 April, 1:45 p.m. / 5 June, 10 a.m. / A Bull Market in Rebellion / Gil Orlovitz. On Casting D.H. Lawrence / Herbert Feinstein. Lenore and the Boys / Hamilton Wright. The Fisherman from Chihuahua / Evan S. Connell, Jr. Eagle Day / Esther R.B. Wagner. Don Giovanni to the Very Nice New Virgin / The Clever Troubadour of Amoret County / The Shepherd's Urban Daughter / Loony Tom's Song / James Broughton. Five Poems / Muriel Loran. Annul in Me My Manhood / The South Coast / Out of the Ash / Brother Antoninus, O.P. Was Peter Not Brought Up on Kascha? / Irena Parker. Mother Lode, 1960 / Joseph McMahon. The Desert / Michael Rumaker. Quite the Largest Thing the World Has Seen / Bruce Dexter. The Slide Area / Gavin Lambert. The Dancing Ape / Berkeley in Time of Plague / Pychoanalysis: An Elegy / Jack Spicer. Dog / They Were Putting Up the Statue / Lawrence Ferlinghetti. // **Somewhat heavy item. Additional shipping fees may be needed for expedited or international orders. Please inquire**