xii+624pp+illus. Covers and endpapers very sl. marked where dj has previously been taped on, o/w a NR FINE copy. The first modern full-length history of California, tracing the geography, history and mystique of the Golden State and the changes that had overtaken it since the advent of the first settlers. The author chronicles the Spanish exploration, the pioneers, discovery of gold, the Civil War, the Great Depression, movies and aerospace and much more. Well illustrated, with Bibliographical Note and Index.

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