Books tagged: california history

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Whistling Girl    by Ardell L. D. Taylor
Price: $3.00 USD. 10 words. Published on February 10, 2009. .

Whistling Girl is an historical romance taking place in Southern California just as it was being discovered by easterners. Anita Aldon is the Spanish/English daughter of a ranchero displaced by the tide of newcomers. She loves the outdoors and dreads the inevitable move to the city, but a casual meeting with one of the newcomers is followed by a series of complications changing everything.
Missions of California, William Henry Hudson, 1901    by Linda  Pendleton
Price: $2.99 USD. 15660 words. Published on April 24, 2011. .

In 1901, Stanford Professor of English Literature , William Henry Hudson published his book on the history of the founding of the twenty-one missions in California by Father Junipero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan friar. Linda Pendleton has written a new Introduction to the book, and her photograph is on the bookd cover.
Linked    by Lisa Alden
Price: Free! 53660 words. Published on September 12, 2011. .

An unexpected gift, a mysterious disappearance, and a boy from the past come together in a clash of hope, revenge, and magic as a magic charm bracelet plunges fourteen-year-old Andra into an alternate reality, where she must risk her life to rescue a little girl before both of them are trapped forever. 54,000 words. Ages ten and up.
Legends of Southern California and San Francisco    by Linda  Pendleton
Price: $1.99 USD. 20580 words. Published on October 23, 2011. .

In 1919, George W. Caldwell, M.D. published his collections of Native American legend. His two collections, Legends of Southern California and Legends of San Francisco, have been combined for this edition. Dr. Caldwell had an appreciation for the beauty of the Golden State and for Native American legends. New Introduction by Linda Pendleton.
Coyotes Along Stony Creek    by Robert Zumwalt
Price: $0.99 USD. 11190 words. Published on December 12, 2011. .

California always had a love-hate relationship with newcomers. Coyotes Along Stony Creek assembles two noirish tales about this contradictory and often cruel alter ego of the Golden State.