California, the land of sunshine and roses, with its genial climate, its skies as blue as the far-famed skies of Venice, and its pure, life-giving air...
While describing his dining experiences throughout "Bohemian San Francisco," Clarence Edwords paints an historic panorama of California cuisine with a...
Thoroughly engaging, at times even harrowing, adventure tale set in the San Francisco gold rush. Detailed depiction of its time and place, complete wi...
Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe moved to California from Massachusetts during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800’s. During her travels, Louise was offered...
Two Years Before the Mast is a firsthand account of a young man's experiences as a sailor on a merchant ship in the 1830s. Richard Henry Dana Jr., a H...
“The Aged Stranger” is a poem by Bret Harte, a prominent figure in American Western literature. It tells the story of an elderly man who has lived a l...
