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62) California rich
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
c1980
Physical Desc
318 p. : ill.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Mitchell Lane Publishers
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of the Spanish explorer and missionary who travelled to Mexico and California to teach the Indians about Christianity and who established nine missions along the California coast.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 465 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A portrait of the intrepid priest who established the eighteenth-century missions of the Catholic Church in California draws on extensive research and original discoveries while discussing Serra's passionate devotion to California's native populations.
68) Junipero Serra
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree Publishers
Pub. Date
c1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 246 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the follow-up to her #1 bestselling memoir, A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard tells the story of her first experiences after years in captivity: the joys that accompanied her newfound freedom and the challenges of adjusting to life on her own."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
Description
A memoir of the American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants who lived within the traditions and fears of the Chinese past as well as the realities of the alien modern American culture. She tells of the Chinese myths, family stories and events of her California childhood that have shaped her identity.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
100 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life story of the intrepid Franciscan missionary and explorer who established the first nine missions in California and devoted his life to working with the Indians.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 337 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of the mid-nineteenth-century wagon train tragedy draws on the perspectives of one of its survivors, Sarah Graves, recounting how her new husband and she joined the Donner party on their California-bound journey and encountered violent perils, in an account that also offers insight into the scientific reasons that some died while others survived.
77) The Donner Party
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the journey of the ill-fated Donner Party, ninety pioneers who became stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains in the winter of 1846-47.
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