Download or read book Southern California written by Carey McWilliams and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 1973 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of Southern California, discussing the history of the region, seasons, Native Americans, missions, folklore, culture, Hollywood, politics, and more.
Download or read book Southern California Stories written by Dee Merian and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-04-06 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dee Merian has authored four books. They are all non-fiction stories telling the reader about fellow Americans during the 20th Century. This is her second book of anthologies. Her first book American Mosiac was recommended by Forbes Readers for three years. She mixes stories about celebrities as well as private American citizens. Stories included are Sarah Vaughan, Gorgeous George, Louella Parsons, Sonja Heine, and Patrick Dennis. Other true stories depict Americans during the stressful times of three different wars. Merian's previous book FLYING HIGH is about TWA during the pre-jet years when Howard Hughes was their CEO.
Download or read book The Story of Los Angeles and Southern California written by Adam Dixon Warner and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book It Happened in Southern California written by Noelle Sullivan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-04-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known for its movie industry, surfing, and amusement parks, Southern California boasts an environment of glamour, both natural and manmade. It Happened in Southern California tells the stories of intriguing people and events from the history of this region—from the first ships to arrive in San Diego in 1769 to the Watts Riots of 1965. Follow a brave little band of multiracial settlers in 1781 up the California coast to a new frontier town today known as Los Angeles. Go back to the Chinatown war of 1871, which some say was sparked by love, but others knew for what it was: a battle over race and money. Learn about the “puppet show” in 1988, performed not for kindergartners but for a baby condor destined to fly wild and free over Southern California’s skies. It Happened in Southern California describes everything from the efforts of the first Spanish colonialists to the reintroduction of endangered condor.
Download or read book Winds of Santa Ana written by Rick Kennedy and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-04-21 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winds of Santa Ana is a spiritual history, environmental study, and sailing memoir of Southern California's coast, islands, and waters.
Download or read book Southern California Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book City Makers written by Remi Nadeau and published by . This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ghosthunting Southern California written by Sally Richards and published by Clerisy Press. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Ghosthunting Southern California author Sally Richards takes readers on an eerie journey through the region on a series of paranormal investigations to historic locations marred by tragedy and unfortunate happenstance that have caused the dead to rise. This collection brings well-known paranormal researchers, history, and evidence collected with state-of-the-art equipment together for chilling non-fiction accounts of haunted Southern California. The stories leave readers with a sense of deep interest to find out what lies in the murky darkness beyond. Sally Richards, historian, paranormal investigator, and spiritualist medium brings history alive as she investigates locations with high-profile paranormal experts using state-of-the-art equipment, historians, and people who share a similar curiosity of the paranormal to bring you the latest on "haunted" locations throughout Southern California. From the Mexican border to Santa Barbara, readers find chilling accounts of paranormal activity. Whether readers are veterans of ghost hunting, paranormal neophytes, or armchair travelers, this book offers fresh information and a style that puts readers right into the paranormal action.
Download or read book Sacred Sites written by Susan Suntree and published by University of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history that is equal parts science and mythology, Sacred Sites offers a rare and poetic vision of a world composed of dynamic natural forces and mythic characters. The result is a singular and memorable account of the evolution of the Southern California landscape, reflecting the riches of both Native knowledge and Western scientific thought. Beginning with Western science, poet Susan Suntree carries readers from the Big Bang to the present as she describes the origins of the universe, the shifting of tectonic plates, and an evolving array of plants and animals that give Southern California its unique features today. She tells of the migration of humans into the region, where they settled, and how they lived. Complementing this narrative and reflecting Native peoples’ view of their own history and way of life, Suntree recounts the creation myths and songs that tell the story of the First People and of unforgettable shamans and heroes. Featuring contemporary photographs of rarely seen landmarks along with meticulous research, Sacred Sites provides unusual insight into how natural history and mythology and scientific and intuitive thinking combine to create an ever-deepening sense of a place and its people.
Download or read book Abandoned Southern California written by Joanna Kalafatis and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From prospectors' haunts in old ghost towns dating back to the Gold Rush, to the now-almost-deserted roadside towns of Route 66, the history of Southern California lives on through its abandoned towns and buildings. Through old settlements and institutions, now left to decay in the high desert or even in the middle of bustling, glamorous Los Angeles, readers can get a glimpse into the waves of migration that shaped the spirit of Southern California. The story of the state seems to repeat throughout different decades: California was perceived as the land of unlimited opportunities and renewed hope for incoming migrants, yet often led to a harsher and more challenging existence in real life. Nevertheless, the dreamers and fortune seekers who moved out West, whether for gold, land, spiritual reasons, health, or to escape the rapidly spiraling East Coast during the Great Depression, always persisted. As they moved from one location to the next to seek their fortune, their ambitions, failures, and lives became encased in the places they left behind. This book is the story of those people and places, and the enduring forces that created California as it is today."--Back cover.
Download or read book It Happened in Southern California written by Noelle Sullivan and published by Globe Pequot. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Cahuilla stories of grizzlies in the 1600s to the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as "Governator" in 2003, thirty-four events that shaped the history of the Southland. Best known for its movie industry, surfing, and amusement parks, Southern California boasts an environment of glamour, both natural and manmade. It Happened in Southern California tells the stories of intriguing people and events from the history of this region--from the first ships to arrive in San Diego in 1769 to the Watts Riots of 1965. Follow a brave little band of multiracial settlers in 1781 up the California coast to a new frontier town today known as Los Angeles. Go back to the Chinatown war of 1871, which some say was sparked by love, but others knew for what it was: a battle over race and money. Learn about the "puppet show" in 1988, performed not for kindergartners but for a baby condor destined to fly wild and free over Southern California's skies.
Download or read book On My Side written by Bill Jennings and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 40 years, Bill Jennings' "On My Side" column in the Riverside Press-Enterprise was a fun, folksy, and often insightful look at the people, places, and history of the San Jacinto Valley, the Anza-Borrego Desert, the Coachella Valley, and the hills and mountains in between. Local historians Steve Lech and Phil Brigandi worked together to create this colorful compilation of some of Bill's most memorable columns that shed light on the region and the people and events that influenced his life and career.
Download or read book News Notes of California Libraries written by California State Library and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1971- include annual reports and statistical summaries.
Download or read book It s All in the Story California written by D. P. Lyle and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Southern California Writers Association presents It's All in the Story, a collection of exceptional short stories with a focus on California, edited by bestselling author D. P. Lyle. In these two dozen taleswhich span from San Juan Capistrano in 1812 to the Bay Area in the present-dayyou'll meet a host of memorable characters, each facing unique personal challenges: a society-page writer who lands in the middle of a criminal investigation, a young woman struggling with her past and unsure of her future, three Caltech nerds making plans to break Vegas, a couple of bank robbers who get much more than they bargained for, a fallen angel on a quest, a young boy seeking the elusive pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. These and many more fascinating characters and captivating stories await you within these pages.
Download or read book Stories to Be Told written by Marie Wren and published by Xlibris Us. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stories to be told----" is a series of vignettes Marie Wren wrote and donated to the Fillmore Herald and Sespe Sun as a weekly column under the titles Facts Fun and Fiction and Fly-By several years ago. After years of collecting oral stories from local families and also doing lots of reading and research, she put together these interesting tales---some are true and some may be fiction, but each of them is fun! Learning about the way pioneers lived and thought and acted, adds to our own lives in many ways. Story telling brings the old ways and tales to life for each of us.
Download or read book City makers written by Remi A. Nadeau and published by . This book was released on 1971* with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book African Americans in Long Beach and Southern California a History written by Claudine Burnett and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racial discrimination and unrest are intertwined with the history of Long Beach and Southern California in Ms. Burnett’s latest book. African Americans in Long Beach and Southern California begins in the 1800s and continues to 1970, reaching into later years to describe what that history has led to today. Ms. Burnett spent over five years researching recently digitized African American newspapers which has allowed her access to the black perspective on issues rarely written about in the white press or by other authors. Personal stories, legislation, Southland history and possible solutions to decades old problems are presented, making for an interesting and informative read. It is a unique work, sure to open the eyes of many.
