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Follows the dual-career of Hale C. Tognoni as a geological engineer and mining lawyer in the gold fields of California and Nevada.

A bilingual biography of a Franciscan priest-explorer who aided in developing missions in 18th century California.

A 100th anniversary tribute chronicles the inspiring true story of a Chinese-American trail cook whose resourcefulness during a historical camping venture in the Sierras safeguarded a team of influential writers, tycoons, politicians and celebrities who later founded the National Park Service. --Publisher.

Presents information about the Native American tribe known as Miwok, describing their history, clothing, food, social roles, hunting customs, religious beliefs, and decline in the nineteenth century after encounters with European settlers.

Describes the frenzied rush to California following the discovery of gold at Sutter's Fort in 1848.

"When a call girl from Kiev dies in the line of duty, detectives Chuck Knolls and Brian McCartin seek her killer among a circle of Russian women who have been sold unwittingly into white slavery. When a gangsterʼs daughter, brought up in Las Vegas, takes a bullet, veterans Jerry Stephens and Paul Coulter trace clues scattered across the country to one of Manhattanʼs wealthiest real estate magnates. A cold case is reopened a suspicious mother-daughter...

This five decade history of the evangelical movement in southern California explains an epochal realignment of American politics. It tells the story of "plain-folk" religious migrants: hardworking people from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas who fled the Depression and came to California for military jobs during World War II. Investigating this fiercely pious community at a grassroots level, the author uses the stories of religious leaders, including...