Chief Marin

Chief Marin
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Publisher : Heyday
Total Pages : 348
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015073863634
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Book Synopsis Chief Marin by : Betty Goerke

Download or read book Chief Marin written by Betty Goerke and published by Heyday. This book was released on 2007 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rare biography of a California Indian leader that weaves together the story of a legendary figure. It's a little known fact that the San Francisco Bay Area's Marin County is named after a Coast Miwok chief who achieved notoriety for defying Spanish authority over his people. Anthropologist and archaeologist Betty Goerke has pieced together a portrait of the life of this Native American leader, using mission records, ethnographies, explorers' and missionaries' diaries and correspondence, and other material.


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