LITERATURE OF CALIFORNIA, VOLUME 1: NATIVE AMERICAN BEGINNINGS TO 1945 (vol one I)
by HICKS, JACK.;.Young, Al & Houston, JAMES D. & KINGSTON, Maxine Hong EDS..includes; CRESPI, FRAY JUAN; TOYCE, SARAH ELEANOR; FREMONT, JOHN CHARLES; FARNHAM, ELIZA; CLAPPE, LOUISE; KING, CLARENCE; TWAIN, MARK; HARTE, BRET; COOLBRITH, INA; JAC
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Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Very Good. 2000. first edition,1p; Paperback. Paperback. 8.6 X 6.0 " thick. VERY GOOD CONDITION, clean, solid, bright...; Black & red titles on yellow paper covers.. ; 870 pages; anthology is divided into four parts. The first includes stories, legends, and songs of the indigenous tribes. The second section comprises letters, diaries, reports, and travel narratives that trace a century of exploration, discovery, and conquest. Part III includes Mother Lode tales by Mark Twain and Bret Harte, the first signs of California poetry, the rise of narrative by California women, the nature writing of John Muir and Mary Austin, and some of the earliest prose from writers of Asian background, as well as the maturing fiction of Jack London and Frank Norris. Part IV traces the period between the World Wars, when California literature came fully into its own. .
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- LITERATURE OF CALIFORNIA, VOLUME 1: NATIVE AMERICAN BEGINNINGS TO 1945 (vol one I)
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- HICKS, JACK.;.Young, Al & Houston, JAMES D. & KINGSTON, Maxine Hong EDS..includes; CRESPI, FRAY JUAN; TOYCE, SARAH ELEANOR; FREMONT, JOHN CHARLES; FARNHAM, ELIZA; CLAPPE, LOUISE; KING, CLARENCE; TWAIN, MARK; HARTE, BRET; COOLBRITH, INA; JAC
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- first edition,1p; Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0520222121
- ISBN 13
- 9780520222120
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- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- California Authors, Biography, HISTORY, Anthology
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