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Author:
Thompson, Gare.
Title:
Missions and ranchos : early California life / Gare Thompson.
Publisher:
National Geographic,
Copyright Date:
c2004
Description:
40 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Missions, Spanish--California--History--Juvenile literature.
Pioneers--California--History--Juvenile literature.
Spaniards--California--History.--Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life--California.--Juvenile literature.
Ranch life--California--History--Juvenile literature.
Missions, Spanish--California--History
Spaniards--California--History.
California--History--To 1846.--Juvenile literature.
California--History--To 1846.
Other Authors:
National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Contents:
Early California -- Life on the Rancho -- The festival -- Visitors arrive -- Uprising and escape -- Battling the pirates -- The governor visits -- Epilogue -- Glossary.
Summary:
Explains, through the diaries of a fictional ranchero family, the role of Spanish missions and rancheros in the development of California from the late 1700's to 1838.
Series:
National Geographic reading expeditions
Voices from America's past
ISBN:
9780792245483 (pbk.)
0792245482 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)56614691
LCCN:
2005270533
Locations:
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

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