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Daily Life during the California Gold Rush

By: Thomas Maxwell-Long

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Daily Life during the California Gold Rush

By: Thomas Maxwell-Long

This comprehensive narrative history of the California Gold Rush describes daily life during this historic period, documenting its wide-reaching effects and examining the significant individuals and organizations of the time. It is easy to see the vestiges of the California Gold Rush in the state's modern culture. The San Francisco 49ers football team are named after the term given to those who flocked to California in 1849 in search of gold; California is nicknamed "The Golden State;" and the official state motto is "Eureka" meaning "I have found it" in Greek-a reference to mining success. But the Gold Rush was not only a pivotal event with lasting impact in California; it also greatly affected America as a whole and global society. This book examines the historical significances of the California Gold Rush, beginning with life in California prior to the Gold Rush and European colonization and concluding with information regarding contemporary California. Readers will gain historical insights from the highly detailed explorations of how life in California evolved and understand the enormous impact of an event over 160 years ago on present-day America.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313363102

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9780313363108

San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly in Vintage Postcards

By: Thomas Maxwell-Long

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San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly in Vintage Postcards

By: Thomas Maxwell-Long

Along the California coastline lies the community of San Luis Obispo; a town just as rich in history as it is in beauty. Situated almost directly between Los Angeles and San Francisco, San Luis Obispo was first inhabited by the Chumash and Salinan Indians in 1400 B.C. It took almost 3,000 years before its majestic landscape was encountered by European explorers.

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133

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439628025

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9781439628027

Napa County Wineries

By: Thomas Maxwell-Long

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Napa County Wineries

By: Thomas Maxwell-Long

Situated in one of the most beautiful valleys in the state, the Napa Valley Wine Country is home to many of California's premiere wineries. As the Native California population of the area declined, more and more of the land was transformed into an agricultural community, with viticulture quickly winning out. One of the unique features that has been defining California's wine history from the earliest days of its Spanish heritage has been both the variation of the vintages and the vintners. One need only to read the names of these visionaries and wineries to gain a sense of the diversity: Beringer, Far Niente, Beaulieu, Charles Krug, and Inglenook. The picturesque setting of the roaming vineyards, along with the attractive quality of the estates and tasting rooms, has made the Napa Valley wineries one of the most popular and fast-growing tourist destinations in the state of California. In this new book, America's most celebrated wine-producing region is presented for visitors and wine connoisseurs alike, using over 200 vintage images to showcase the area's heritage, Golden Age, and incredible expansion. Alongside these photographs are collages of the famous wine labels and illustrated maps.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738520578

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9780738520575

Sonoma County Wineries

By: Thomas Maxwell-Long

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Sonoma County Wineries

By: Thomas Maxwell-Long

As early as the California Gold Rush of the mid-19th century, the first settlers of Sonoma County recognized that the rich soil and unique array of climates of the region's valleys were particularly conducive for the ages-old livelihood of viticulture. Beginning in 1857 with Buena Vista Winery, Sonoma became one of the preeminent winemaking regions in the world. Chronicled here in over 200 vintage images is Sonoma's wine producing history, covering its many wineries, vineyards, towns, and townsfolk that grew up alongside the development of this fantastic agricultural enterprise.The first Sonoma Country venture was Buena Vista Winery, founded in 1857 by the eccentric Count Agoston Haraszthy. Since then, and over the course of the next 150 years, hundreds of wineries would dot the landscape; while some succeeded and lasted through the years, others fell in the face of life's trials, including earthquakes, wildfires, and Prohibition. Covering three centuries of award-winning winemaking, this new book captures in photographs the history of some of the world's most famous wineries, their proprietors, workers, and families, including those from Korbel, Geyser Peak, Simi, Sebastiani, Pedroncelli, Orr, Seghesio, and Ravenswood.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738519065

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On the Canal

The Marines of L-3-5 on Guadalcanal, 1942

By: Ore J. Marion,Thomas Cuddihy,Edward Cuddihy

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On the Canal

The Marines of L-3-5 on Guadalcanal, 1942

By: Ore J. Marion,Thomas Cuddihy,Edward Cuddihy

Eight months to the day after Pearl Harbor, U.S. Marines landed on the Pacific island of Guadalcanal. Their mission: to seize the airfield the enemy was building and stem the southward tide of the Imperial Japanese Army. Initially unopposed and ultimately triumphant, for four months these young soldiers engaged in ferocious combat and endured debilitating heat, hunger, and disease. Sometimes with humor, always with brutal honesty, U.S. Marine Ore Marion takes readers into the jungle hell that was the Canal. Book jacket.

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Stackpole Books

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0811731499

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9780811731492

Recent America

The United States Since 1945

By: Dewey W. Grantham,Thomas Maxwell-Long

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Recent America

The United States Since 1945

By: Dewey W. Grantham,Thomas Maxwell-Long

This third edition of Recent America is an extensive revision that includes entirely new material to carry the coverage forward into the second decade of the twenty-first century—right up through the recent midterm elections of 2010. With an emphasis on national politics, the ever-evolving multicultural American society, the role of the United States in international affairs, and economic trends, this third considers changes in American literature, fine arts, music, film, pop culture, and sports and their relationships to social, cultural, and economic trends. The incorporation of these often overlooked historical themes presents a more relevant and inclusive recent history of the United States. Building upon the tradition set forth by Dewey Grantham in the first and second editions of his highly readable and informative survey history of the United States since World War II, Thomas Maxwell-Long brings new perspectives and explores new realities that Americans did not face even as recently as the turn of the century. The result provides students with an engaging, well-rounded, and thoughtfully illustrated narrative that reconstructs history and also makes strong connections between the present and the past.

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636

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Wiley-Blackwell

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0882952765

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9780882952765

To Loot My Life Clean

The Thomas Wolfe--Maxwell Perkins Correspondence

By: Thomas Wolfe,Maxwell Evarts Perkins

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The Thomas Wolfe--Maxwell Perkins Correspondence

By: Thomas Wolfe,Maxwell Evarts Perkins

The relationship between Thomas Wolfe and his editor, Maxwell Perkins has been the subject of guesswork and anecdote for 70 years. Scholars have debated Wolfe's dependence on his editor. This volume of 251 letters should clarify the relationship and set the record straight.

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390

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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1570033552

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9781570033551

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To Loot My Life Clean

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