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The House of the Burgesses - Being a Genealogical History of William Burgess of Richmond (later King George) County, Virginia, His Son, Edward Burgess of Stafford (later King George) County, Virginia, with the Descendants in the Male Line of Edward's Five Sons (Hardcover, 2nd Revised and Exp ed.)
Michael Burgess, Mary, Wickizer Burgess
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The original volume from which this book is taken, Burgess McK.
Shumway's "Ranchos of California: Patented Private Land Grants
Listed by County," was one of a series of noteworthy research
projects produced by the Federal Writ-ers Project of the Works
Project Administration. The WPA was a Depression-era attempt by the
administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide paying
jobs for the nation's unemployed workers, including out-of-work
artists, writers, and other creative individuals. The FWP took
these unemployed authors and set them to producing state and city
travel guides, county records manuals, census indexes, local and
regional histories, and a great many other projects of interest to
the historian and researcher. Regrettably, many of the projected
series were never finished, having been terminated with the outset
of World War II. Also unfortunately, more than half of the books
which did appear were published in mimeographed form only, in
editions of no more than 250 copies, with poor typography (often
typed copy), inferior paper, and cheap bindings. Few copies survive
today, and most of these are brittle, faded, and difficult to read.
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.
A facsimile reprint of the Second Edition (1994) of this
genealogical guide to 25,000 descendants of William Burgess of
Richmond (later King George) County, Virginia, and his only known
son, Edward Burgess of Stafford (later King George) County,
Virginia. Complete with illustrations, photos, comprehensive given
and surname indexes, and historical introduction.
Two new short novels featuring attorney Gail Brevard. In THE PURPLE
GLOVE MURDERS, Gail and her companion and law partner, Conrad
"Connie" Osterlitz, are relaxing at their Southern California
mountain hideaway when Gail hears of a nearby tragedy. Retired
Justice Winston Craig, a friend of Gail's late father, has been
discovered face down near his dock on exclusive Black Bear Lake.
The judge's widow, Eva, asks for their help in finding the cause of
his death. As Gail begins to uncover the details of Craig's life, a
familiar pattern begins to emerge. Convinced that the judge was
murdered because of something he knew from one of his old cases,
Gail suddenly finds herself at risk. Then Connie is attacked by an
unknown assailant, and as he lies near death, Gail must use all her
resources to solve the crime before it's too late. A DEATH AT
CLIFFSIDE: Gail and Connie are enjoying a working vacation in San
Francisco with their associate, Charles Walton, and Charles's
cousin, Nick. Nick asks Gail to look into the recent death of his
ex-girlfriend, Cele, whose body has just been found dead at the
bottom of a cliff south of the city. The police think that she fell
or leapt to her death, but Nick believes she was murdered. Gail and
friends begin investigating, but soon encounter resistance, both
from the woman's family and from the authorities. Why doesn't
anyone want to talk about Cele's passing? And why has the woman's
death apparently been covered up? Two great reads from a California
native
When an heiress is found murdered, corporate attorney Gail Brevard
is assigned the case, despite her lack of experience in trying
criminal matters. The suspect, 19-year-old Damon Powell, was found
in front of the murdered girl's house, with the murder
weapon--which belonged to his father--on the lawn nearby. He claims
to have spent most of the night with another woman. The situation
seems impossible: everyone--including the judge--wants to convict
Damon Powell. Gail believes her defendant to be innocent--but can
she prove it? A riveting courtroom drama, first in a series.
In the summer of 1819 Alexander Campbell and his family left
Highland County, Virginia, on a trek to the wilderness country of
Missouri Territory. This is his actual diary of the trip to and
from Missouri three years apart, during which time the Campbells
suffered great privation and saw much of the lower Midwest and
upper South. Complete with index, map, and detailed background
notes by scholars Mary Wickizer Burgess and Michael Burgess.
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.
The original volume from which this book is taken, Burgess McK.
Shumway's "Ranchos of California: Patented Private Land Grants
Listed by County," was one of a series of noteworthy research
projects produced by the Federal Writ-ers Project of the Works
Project Administration. The WPA was a Depression-era attempt by the
administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide paying
jobs for the nation's unemployed workers, including out-of-work
artists, writers, and other creative individuals. The FWP took
these unemployed authors and set them to producing state and city
travel guides, county records manuals, census indexes, local and
regional histories, and a great many other projects of interest to
the historian and researcher. Regrettably, many of the projected
series were never finished, having been terminated with the outset
of World War II. Also unfortunately, more than half of the books
which did appear were published in mimeographed form only, in
editions of no more than 250 copies, with poor typography (often
typed copy), inferior paper, and cheap bindings. Few copies survive
today, and most of these are brittle, faded, and difficult to read.
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