Stories of California
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1902]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
Chapters (36)
- STORIES OF CALIFORNIA
- ELLA M. SEXTON
- NEW YORK
- THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
- LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1903
- All rights reserved
- 1902, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
- Set up, electrotyped, and published September, 1902. Reprinted October, 1903. Normond Press J.S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
- FOREWORD
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- STORIES OF CALIFORNIA
- STORIES OF CALIFORNIA
- CALIFORNIA'S NAME AND EARLY HISTORY
- THE STORY OF THE MISSIONS AND OF FATHER SERRA
- BEFORE THE GRINGOS CAME
- THE AMERICANS AND THE BEAR-FLAG REPUBLIC
- THE DAYS OF GOLD AND THE ARGONAUTS OF 1849
- MINING STORIES
- HOW POLLY ELLIOTT CAME ACROSS THE PLAINS
- THE BUILDING OF THE OVERLAND RAILROAD
- STORY OF THE WHEAT FIELDS
- ORCHARD, FARM, AND VINEYARD
- THE STORY OF THE NAVEL ORANGE
- THE LEMON
- FLOWERS AND PLANTS
- THE BIG TREES AND LUMBERING
- OUR BIRDS
- OUR WILD ANIMALS
- IN SALT WATER AND FRESH
- ABOUT CALIFORNIA'S INDIANS
- THE STORY OF SAN FRANCISCO
- MEN CALIFORNIA REMEMBERS
- OUR GLORIOUS CLIMATE
- SOME WONDERFUL SIGHTS
- PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY
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