Backcountry Ghosts California Homesteaders and the Making of a Dubious Dream.

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Josh Sides tells the remarkable stories of the men and women who claimed homesteads in California and began a perilous quest to attain the American Dream at virtually any cost.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sides, Josh
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : Bison Books, 2021.
Temas:
Land settlement > California > History.
Pioneers > California > Biography.
Ranchers > California > Biography.
Farmers > California > Biography.
Land tenure > California > History.
Homestead law > California > History.
Frontier and pioneer life > California.
California > Rural conditions.
Colonisation intérieure > Californie > Histoire.
Pionniers > Californie > Biographies.
Ranchers > Californie > Biographies.
Agriculteurs > Californie > Biographies.
Biens de famille (Droit) > Californie > Histoire.
Farmers
Frontier and pioneer life
Homestead law
Land settlement
Land tenure
Pioneers
Ranchers
California > History, Local.
Californie > Histoire locale.
California
Biographies
History
Local history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Not Much Else Beside
  • 2. A Country of Plantations and Estates
  • 3. Instant Relics
  • 4. Hard-Bitten Country
  • 5. Violent Paradise
  • 6. Swindles and Salvation in the Antelope Valley
  • 7. Mexican Lands in Mexican Hands
  • 8. Floods and Utopias
  • 9. Taming the Colorado Desert
  • 10. Imperial Valley Dreams
  • 11. Crashing the Orange Gates
  • 12. Exacting Lives in the Breadbasket
  • 13. The Rarified Bay Area
  • 14. Among the Trees of the North Coast
  • 15. Under the Shadow of Mount Lassen
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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