Bibliograph

Backcountry ghosts, California homesteaders and the making of a dubious dream, Josh Sides

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Backcountry ghosts, California homesteaders and the making of a dubious dream, Josh Sides

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-213) and index

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collective biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Backcountry ghosts

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1157613005

Responsibility statement

Josh Sides

Sub title

California homesteaders and the making of a dubious dream

Summary

"Josh Sides tells the remarkable stories of homesteaders in California, both those who succeeded and those who did not"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Not much else beside -- A country of plantations and estates -- Instant relics -- Hard-bitten country -- Violent paradise -- Swindles and salvation in the Antelope Valley -- Mexican lands in Mexican hands -- Floods and utopias -- Taming the California desert -- Imperial Valley dreams -- Crashing the orange gates -- Exacting lives in the breadbasket -- The rarified Bay Area -- Among the trees of the North Coast -- Under the shadow of Mount Lassen -- Conclusion: Remembering homesteading -- Appendix: Number of homesteads per county per year

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California homesteaders and the making of a dubious dream

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