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Sixty years in California: a history of events and life in California; personal, political and military, under the Mexican regime; during the quasi-mi

Sixty years in California: a history of events and life in California; personal, political and military, under the Mexican regime; during the quasi-mi

William Heath Davis

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Travel GeneralGeneral World HistoryRegional: West

ISBN10: 9353605814
ISBN13: 9789353605810
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 30 2019
Pages: 666
Weight: 1.84
Height: 1.47 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
From a remote Mexican territory to the threshold of modern statehood, California changed beyond recognition in a single lifetime. One man watched it all. In this california pioneer memoir book, merchant and observer William Heath Davis records a vivid firsthand historical narrative of life in San Diego and San Francisco, tracing the tumult of california political and military affairs, commerce, and daily existence as power shifted from the Mexican era to American control. His recollections open rare windows onto early san francisco life, frontier society, and the personalities who shaped the Pacific Coast. As a classic california history book, Sixty Years in California moves between personal reminiscence and regional chronicle, capturing pre statehood California under the Mexican regime, the quasi-military occupation by the United States, and the early decades of statehood. It stands as a landmark of mexican era california history and a rich california history primary source on california missions and ranchos, Native and settler communities, and the growth of port towns. Western US history students, general readers, and admirers of the Bancroft California history tradition will all find in these pages a vivid sense of place and time. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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