Download or read book Narciso Botello s Annals of Southern California 1833 1847 written by Brent C. Dickerson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the world premiere complete publication of Narciso Botellos important Annals of Southern California, a work focusing on the years 1833 - 1847 when California was emerging from its years of isolation and seclusion with dramatic turmoil, social change, political intrigues, and armed conflicts. Botello, living in that dusty pueblo Los Angeles, records a swirl of events and personalitiestragic love, crime, warfare, treachery, invasionall bound together by the characteristic bravado and intricate web of loyalties of the native Californios. This spirited English translation of the original, amplified by detailed notes and insightful commentary, draws the reader deep into the surprising events of the turbulent final years of Mexican California.
Download or read book With My Own Eyes written by Brent C. Dickerson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-04-13 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five lively firsthand accounts of real life in the exciting pre-Yankee era of Californias rich history are offered in this bookfour of them world premiere publications, and all of them new and complete translations. This was an era not only of political intrigues and sectional clashes but also of upheaval as new ideas and attitudes came to a conservative Californian society. Piracy, kidnapping, lust, Indian uprisings, and scenes of battle all vie for the readers attention with fascinating passages about everyday life in the missions and presidios, governmental offices, and barracks. Governors are ejected, invaders fought, revolts arise, and plots hatched. While largely centered in Southern California, these accounts also bring us north to the Bay area and south to Baja California and farther. The reader of these memoirs will enjoy an intimate experience of life as it really wasa personal view not to be found in standard textbooks. As before with the authors previous foray into California history, Narciso Botellos Annals 18331847, the original manuscripts are rendered into a spirited English translation, capturing the nuances and vigor of these adventures in a land so familiar yet so exotic.
Download or read book The Life And Adventures In California Of Don Agustin Janssens 1834 1856 written by William H Ellison and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on extensive archival research, this lively biography by Ellison tells the story of Don Agustin Janssens, a Mexican adventurer who traveled to California in the early 19th century, seeking fortune and adventure. With colorful characters, thrilling escapades, and fascinating cultural insights, this book offers a vivid portrait of a bygone era in American history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Old Rose Index written by Brent C. Dickerson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed book is the useful long-awaited and efficient comprehensive index to Brent C. Dickerson's fascinating works on Old Roses. The index lists all of the roses in these internationally-known, influential works, and specifies to the reader which page in which of these books has the main or important entry on the rose in question; also indexed here are all substantive references to people, places, things, or concepts in these important works which arose from Dickerson's twenty years of careful research and close study. "The Old Rose Index" additionally includes complete and updated appendices listing roses by year and by color, several interesting articles, as well as updates to Dickerson's previous books—plus completly new entries on 29 interesting old roses not covered previously! While not for those who do not own Dickerson's other books, "The Old Rose Index" will give the reader who does own these monumental works complete mastery over the great treasury of information supplied by "The Old Rose Advisor" (second edition), "The Old Rose Adventurer", and "The Old Rose Informant", saving time and streamlining research in one's quest for information. This remarkable book is the key that unlocks that treasury!
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Download or read book The Old Rose Informant written by Brent Dickerson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a unique and important compendium of some of the rare literature in Rose History, including the first-ever full English translation of the major written works of Jean-Pierre Vibert, pieces by him on culture, hybridization, nomenclature, exhibiting, and unsavory practices, as well as cutting-edge chapters by author and translator Brent C. Dickerson on the previously unknown first phase of many of the most significant rose classes, including Hybrid Teas, Bourbons, Damask Perpetuals, Chinas, Hybrid Perpetuals, Hybrid Chinas, and much much more! The reader will join in the probings and controversies as Rose Progress struggles with a proud heart and high hopes through the rich days when Old Roses were king. Dickerson's previous works *The Old Rose Advisor* and *The Old Rose Adventurer* revolutionized the study of Old Roses; this book,*The Old Rose Informant*, completes the trilogy and provides the capstone to his acclaimed and long-continued work. As is the case with few books in the field, the publication of *The Old Rose Informant*, with its humor, its new data, its many chapters of otherwise unavailable material, and its spirited and insightful looks at Rose Progress, is an important event in Gardening Literature. Also published by iuniverse is the author's useful and necessary research aid *Roll-Call: The Old Rose Breeder*.
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Download or read book What I Saw in California written by Edwin Bryant and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1849 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Taos Trappers written by David J. Weber and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1980-12-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive history, David J. Weber draws on Spanish, Mexican, and American sources to describe the development of the Taos trade and the early penetration of the area by French and American trappers. Within this borderlands region, colorful characters such as Ewing Young, Kit Carson, Peg-leg Smith, and the Robidoux brothers pioneered new trails to the Colorado Basin, the Gila River, and the Pacific and contributed to the wealth that flowed east along the Santa Fe Trail.
Download or read book Children of la Frontera written by Judith LeBlanc Flores and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Eugene Garcia, Ph.D., Dean of Education, UCLA- Berkeley, former director of OBLEMA, U.S. Department of Education. Chapters: 1. Introduction- J.L. Flores; 2. Education in Mexico- V.A. de Herrera; 3. Mexico's Role in U.S. Education- R. Miller; 4. Border Task Reports from Southwest Educational Development Laboratory- B. Mace-Matluck, M. Boethel; 5. Recent Labor Department Data- P. Martin; 6. Reauthorized Migrant Education Program- A. Wright; 7. Binational Health Care- D. Garcia, K. Mountain, J. Martin, E.V. Mondragon; 8. Cooperative Learning for Binational Administrators, Teachers & Students- M. Calderon; 9. Migrant Education Binational Program- P. Martinez; 10. Migrant Writings & Narratives- R. Lynch, S. Kelly; 11. School Administrator's View- R.F. Loredo; 12. Teaching Mathematics to Bilingual Students- W.G. Secada; 13. Hispanic Voices in Children's Literature- J. Kibler; 14. Mexican-American History & Culture in the Classroom.- K. Escamilla; 15. Classroom Learning Strategies- M. Montavan, J. Kinser; 16. Migrants in High Schools- H. Romo; 17. Family Lives- N.F. Chavkin; 18. Parental Involvement- A.S. Sosa; To order contact ERIC-CRESS at Appalachia Educational Laboratory, P.O. Box 1348, Charleston, WV 25325, 800-624-9120.
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