Download or read book Egg Money Quilts written by Eleanor Burns and published by Quilt in a Day.. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents instructions for creating thirteen traditional patterns that gained popularity in the 1930s.

Download or read book Sierra Crossing written by Thomas Frederick Howard and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998-06-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical era in California's history and development—the building of the first roads over the Sierra Nevada—is thoroughly and colorfully documented in Thomas Howard's fascinating book. During California's first two decades of statehood (1850-1870), the state was separated from the east coast by a sea journey of at least six weeks. Although Californians expected to be connected with the other states by railroad soon after the 1849 Gold Rush, almost twenty years elapsed before this occurred. Meanwhile, various overland road ventures were launched by "emigrants," former gold miners, state government officials, the War Department, the Interior Department, local politicians, town businessmen, stagecoach operators, and other entrepreneurs whose alliances with one another were constantly shifting. The broad landscape of international affairs is also a part of Howard's story. Constructing roads and accumulating geographic information in the Sierra Nevada reflected Washington's interest in securing the vast western territories formerly held by others. In a remarkably short time the Sierra was transformed by vigorous exploration, road-promotion, and road-building. Ox-drawn wagons gave way to stagecoaches able to provide service as fine as any in the country. Howard effectively uses diaries, letters, newspaper stories, and official reports to recreate the human struggle and excitement involved in building the first trans-Sierra roads. Some of those roads have become modern highways used by thousands every day, while others are now only dim traces in the lonely backcountry.

Download or read book Simple Patchwork written by Kim Diehl and published by Martingale. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout Kim Diehl's 20-year career, thousands of quilters have fallen in love with her beautiful quilts and books. In her latest collection, Kim focuses exclusively on patchwork, for those who love her style but don't have the time or inclination to add applique touches. Sixteen easy-to-piece projects range from bed quilts with supersized blocks to charming must-make minis. Play with simple Snowball and Churn Dash blocks or try showy stars and zigzags. Choose from wall quilts, table toppers, bedroom ensembles, and even a mini sampler quilt, all in Kim's sought-after style. Bonus: Simple Patchwork is jam-packed with dozens of Kim's tried-and-true tips you won't want to miss.

Download or read book The Road to Resegregation written by Alex Schafran and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How could Northern California, the wealthiest and most politically progressive region in the United States, become one of the earliest epicenters of the foreclosure crisis? How could this region continuously reproduce racial poverty and reinvent segregation in old farm towns one hundred miles from the urban core? This is the story of the suburbanization of poverty, the failures of regional planning, urban sprawl, NIMBYism, and political fragmentation between middle class white environmentalists and communities of color. As Alex Schafran shows, the responsibility for this newly segregated geography lies in institutions from across the region, state, and political spectrum, even as the Bay Area has never managed to build common purpose around the making and remaking of its communities, cities, and towns. Schafran closes the book by presenting paths toward a new politics of planning and development that weave scattered fragments into a more equitable and functional whole.

Download or read book The Open Road written by Jean Giono and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nomad and a swindler embark on an eccentric road trip in this picaresque, philosophical novel by the author of The Man Who Planted Trees. The south of France, 1950: A solitary vagabond walks through the villages, towns, valleys, and foothills of the region between northern Provence and the Alps. He picks up work along the way and spends the winter as the custodian of a walnut-oil mill. He also picks up a problematic companion: a cardsharp and con man, whom he calls “the Artist.” The action moves from place to place, and episode to episode, in truly picaresque fashion. Everything is told in the first person, present tense, by the vagabond narrator, who goes unnamed. He himself is a curious combination of qualities—poetic, resentful, cynical, compassionate, flirtatious, and self-absorbed. While The Open Road can be read as loosely strung entertainment, interspersed with caustic reflections, it can also be interpreted as a projection of the relationship of author, art, and audience. But it is ultimately an exploration of the tensions and boundaries between affection and commitment, and of the competing needs for solitude, independence, and human bonds. As always in Jean Giono, the language is rich in natural imagery and as ruggedly idiomatic as it is lyrical.

Download or read book Best of Moda Bake Shop written by Various Authors and published by That Patchwork Place. This book was released on 2020-06-05 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grab your favorite precut fabrics and whip up 15 easy projects from the Moda Bake Shop designers. Helpful photos, clear instructions, detailed step-by-step illustrations, and clever tips sprinkled throughout team up in a winning assortment of table toppers, wall hangings, and lap-sized quilts. And just like your favorite baking recipes, you're sure to revisit and make these projects for years to come. Each of the 15 projects in Best of Moda Bake Shop uses precut fabrics to save time and effort. Concise instructions, clear illustrations, and helpful tips ensure success for every skill level. Includes table toppers, wall hangings, and lap-sized quilts to suit many styles and seasons.

Download or read book Ridge Route written by Harrison Irving Scott and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a step back into time and the history of California's Scenic Ridge Route. When it opened in 1915 it was hailed as the "Magnus Opus" of mountain highway engineering. By-passed by the Ridge Alternative in 1933, it was left to the elements and all but forgotten. In this book you will visit sites like Sandberg's famous Summit Hotel where you would have seen Cadillacs, Packards and Studebakers during the road's heyday; the former site of the opulent Hotel Lebec, playground for the world's finest; the Ridge Road House; the National Forest Inn; and Kelly's Half Way House. Motorists faced 697 curves when navigating this famous moutain highway. You will follow "Ridge Route Annie's" adventurous search for gold. Read how highwaymen relieved unsuspecting motorists of their valuables and the 1922 blizzard that stranded scores of motorists. All of this in addition to early history on north - south routes and how Los Angeles had to entice the Butterfield Stage and later the Southern Pacific Railroad in Los Angeles. While this book focuses on the 1915 Scenic Ridge Route, it also addresses the 1930 Ridge Alternative, (U.S. Highway 99) and the current I-5 Ridge Route Highway.

Download or read book The Road to California written by Graham Leake and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Overland Route to California Description of the Route Via Council Bluffs Iowa written by Andrew Child and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The National Old Trails Road to California Pt 1 written by Automobile Club of Southern California and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Road to California written by Louise Walters and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Road to California written by Harlan Hague and published by Arthur H. Clark Company. This book was released on 1978 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Attempting to fill an empty space in western literature, this book then is concerned with the search for and use of the southern overland route to California from the earliest Spanish penetration into the present United States Southwest to 1849, just before the country was inundated, comparitively speaking, by California bound argonauts"--Pref.

Download or read book History of California written by Hubert Howe Bancroft and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book National Road to California written by Victoria (Tex.) and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The National Old Trails Road to California Pt 1 All Year Route to California written by Automobile Club of Southern California and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-11-10 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. 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 A Journal of the Overland Route to California written by Lorenzo D. Aldrich and published by Ann Arbor [Mich.] : University Microfilms. This book was released on 1966 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Most of the accounts of the early overland trips across the American continent after the discovery of gold in California describe the middle route, usually with St. Louis or one of the towns in that area as the staging point for the journey westward. Lorenzo D. Aldrich's A Journal of the Overland Route to California, a very rare tract, describes the southern route from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to San Diego, California. It is one of the earliest reports of this route"--Foreward.

Download or read book Road to California The Search for a Southern Overland Route 1540 1848 written by Harlan Hague and published by Wolfpack Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ONE PLACE THE STORY OF THE SOUTHERN OVERLAND ROUTES TO THE PACIFIC. The earliest European perception of California was of a wonderful land of mystery and plenty, a Terrestrial Paradise. California would become a magnet for generations of people seeking the good life. For the first time, Road to California brings together the story of the search for a southern overland route to California by Spaniards, Mexicans and Americans and the response of Native Americans to the invasion of their lands. The story ends in 1848 when discovery of gold in California's Sierra Nevada assured that the trails would be worn deep by the argonauts en route to the golden land. "This new volume in the American Trails series summarizes and condenses into a single work the published, translated diaries and reports of most of the explorers who sought overland routes from the interior to California...a useful general study, enhanced by three fine route maps." - The Western Historical Quarterly