Here are seven previously uncollected documents relating to the
history of California, from its early days as a Mexican territory
to the first fifty years of statehood as part of the United States.
Jose del Carmen Lugo, a native-born Californio, tells of his life
as a ranchero in San Bernardino and elsewhere, and the coming of
the Norteamericanos in the 1840s. Benjamin Davis (Benito) Wilson
recounts many of the same events from the perspective of an
English-speaking settler who intermarried with one of the early
land-owning Mexican families, and later supported the U.S. side
during the Mexican-American War of 1845-48. Alexandre Holinski
touts the virtues of frontier California and San Francisco during
the Gold Rush days, as seen from a foreigner's unique perspective.
Mark Lafayette Landrum, who settled in California during the early
days of statehood, relates his rise to power as a local politician
in Northern California. Amos Carpenter Rogers gives us an account
of a rough voyage 'round the tip of South America to the Gold Rush
fields. Alexander H. Todd and William T. Ballou provide further
illumination with their brief accounts of life in early California
and the Pacific Northwest.
For the student of California history, these first-person
narratives will open a window onto a period now long forgotten.
Complete with Notes, Bibliography, and detailed Index.
MICHAEL BURGESS is a Professor Emeritus at California State
University, San Bernardino. MARY WICKIZER BURGESS was the
co-publisher for many years of Borgo Press. Between them they have
authored over 135 books.
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