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History of California

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Item:

Book

Title:

History of California

Author:

Helen Elliott Bandini

Illustrator:

Roy J. Warren

Printer:

American Book Co.

Place of Printing:

New York

Date of Printing:

1908

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Donated by:

Kenneth Innes III

Author and Commentators

Helen Elliott Bandini (1854-1911). California history author.

Roy J. Warren

The Book

302 pages and two pages of book advertisements.

Contents

• Preface
• History of California
• Chapter I. — The Land and the Name
• Chapter II. — The Story of the Indians
• Chapter III. — “The Secret of the Strait”
• Chapter IV. — The Cross of Santa Fe
• Chapter V. — Pastoral Days
• Chapter VI. — The Footsteps of the Stranger
• Chapter VII. — At the Touch of King Midas
• Chapter VIII. — The Great Stampede
• Chapter IX. — The Birth of the Golden Baby
• Chapter X. — The Signal Gun and the Steel Trail
• Chapter XI. — That Which Followed After
• Chapter XII. — “The Groves Were God’s First Temples”
• Chapter XIII. — To All that Sow the Time of Harvest Should be Given
• Chapter XIV. — The Golden Apples of the Hesperides
• Chapter XV. — California’s other Contributions to the World’s Bill of Fare
• Chapter XVI. — The Hidden Treasures of Mother Earth
• Chapter XVII. — From La Escuela of Spanish California to the Schools of the Twentieth
• Chapter XVIII. — Statistics
• Counties of California
• List of Governors
• Bibliography
• Index

An online version of this book can be found at https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7778/7778-h/7778-h.htm

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