In the Footprints of the Padres
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IN THE FOOTPRINTS OF THE PADRES By CHARLES WARREN STODDARD 1902 Rare CHARLES WARREN STODDARD PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / A.M. ROBERTSON, SAN FRANCISCO 1901 on copyright page and 1902 on title page First Edition Religion, Rare, Literature BINDING/ Hardback without dust jacket Off Gray Decorated Front The book is without a dust jacket. The front hinge area has started to separate from the spine top to bottom. There is a real piece of old style tape at the top edge that is almost unnoticeable. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean, and book is tight and sturdy. 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately)...
Chapters (78)
- Life at the Mission of Dolores, 1855
- IN THE FOOTPRINTS OF THE PADRES
- CHARLES WARREN STODDARD
- NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION
- CHARLES PHILLIPS
- SAN FRANCISCO A.M. Robertson MCMXII
- TO MY FATHER SAMUEL BURR STODDARD, ESQ. FOR HALF A CENTURY A CITIZEN OF SAN FRANCISCO
- THOUGH THE KINDNESS OF THE EDITORS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, THE CENTURY MAGAZINE, THE OVERLAND MONTHLY, THE AVE MARIA, NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, THE VICTORIAN REVIEW, MELBOURNE
- INTRODUCTION
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE BELLS OF SAN GABRIEL
- IN THE FOOTPRINTS OF THE PADRES
- View of Montgomery, Post and Market Streets, San Francisco, 1858
- OLD DAYS IN EL DORADO
- I.
- "STRANGE COUNTRIES FOR TO SEE"
- II.
- CROSSING THE ISTHMUS
- III.
- ALONG THE PACIFIC SHORE
- Fort Point at the Golden Gate
- IV.
- IN THE WAKE OF DRAKE
- The Outer Signal Station at the Golden Gate
- V.
- ATOP O' TELEGRAPH HILL
- City of Oakland in 1856
- VI.
- PAVEMENT PICTURES
- Interior of the El Dorado
- Warner's at Meigg's Wharf
- VII.
- A BOY'S OUTING
- The Old Flume at Black Point, 1856
- VIII.
- THE MISSION DOLORES
- Lone Mountain, 1856
- IX.
- SOCIAL SAN FRANCISCO
- X.
- HAPPY VALLEY
- Russ Gardens, 1856
- XI.
- THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE
- Certificate of Membership, Vigilance Committee, 1856
- XII.
- THE SURVIVOR'S STORY
- West from Black Point, 1856
- A BIT OF OLD CHINA
- "China is Not More Chinese than this Section of Our Christian City."
- "Rag Alley" in Old Chinatown
- The Farallones
- WITH THE EGG-PICKERS OF THE FARALLONES
- Murre on their Nests, Farallone Islands
- A MEMORY OF MONTEREY I
- Monterey, 1850
- II.
- San Carlos de Carmelo
- III.
- IN A CALIFORNIAN BUNGALOW
- "The Huge Court of that Luxurious Caravansary."
- "The Gallery Among the Huge Vases of Palms and Creepers."
- PRIMEVAL CALIFORNIA
- INLAND YACHTING
- Meigg's Wharf in 1856
- Telegraph Hill, 1855
- IN YOSEMITE SHADOWS
- Sentinel Hotel, Yosemite, in 1869
- AN AFFAIR OF THE MISTY CITY
- I.
- WHAT THE MOON SHONE ON
- II.
- WHAT THE SUN SHONE ON
- San Francisco in 1856
- III.
- BALM OF HURT WOUNDS
- IV.
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