Lands of Promise and Despair

Lands of Promise and Despair
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 543
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ISBN-10 : 9780806153575
ISBN-13 : 0806153571
Rating : 4/5 (571 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Lands of Promise and Despair by : Rose Marie Beebe

Download or read book Lands of Promise and Despair written by Rose Marie Beebe and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2015-08-28 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This copious collection of reminiscences, reports, letters, and documents allows readers to experience the vast and varied landscape of early California from the viewpoint of its inhabitants. What emerges is not the Spanish California depicted by casual visitors—a culture obsessed with finery, horses, and fandangos—but an ever-shifting world of aspiration and tragedy, pride and loss. Conflicts between missionaries and soldiers, Indians and settlers, friends and neighbors spill from these pages, bringing the ferment of daily life into sharp focus.


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