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| gaspar de portola childhood: Gaspar de Portolá Fernando Boneu Companys, 1983 |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians Robert Harry Lowie, 1993-01-01 Beginning in 1907, the anthropologist Robert H. Lowie visited the Crow Indians at their reservation in Montana. He listened to tales that for many generations had been told around campfires in winter. Vivid tales of Old-Man-Coyote in his various guises; heroic accounts of Lodge-Boy and the Thunderbirds; supernatural stories about Raven-Face and the Spurned Lover; and other tales involving the Bear-Woman, the Offended Turtle, the Skeptical Husband--all these were recorded by Lowie. They were originally published in 1918 in an Anthropological Paper by the American Museum of Natural History. Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians is now reprinted with a new introduction by Peter Nabokov. These concretely detailed accounts served the Crow Indians as entertainers, moral lessons, cultural records, and guides to the workings of the universe. |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Vignettes of Early California Juan Bautista Alvarado, 1982 |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Antigua California Harry W. Crosby, 1994 This Spanish Borderlands classic recounts Jesuit colonization of the Old California, the peninsula now known as Baja California. |
| gaspar de portola childhood: The Quarterly Historical Society of Southern California, 1928 |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Dictionary of American Biography , 1929 |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Hoagland and Collins, a Family History Patricia Ann Hoagland McEwen, 1994 |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California , 1928 |
| gaspar de portola childhood: The Old Iron Road David Haward Bain, 2022-09 In the summer of 2000 David Haward Bain and his family left their home in Vermont and headed west in search of America’s past. Spiritually, their journey began on a Kansas trail where the author’s grandmother was born in a covered wagon in 1889. Between the Missouri River and the Golden Gate, they retraced the entire route of the first transcontinental railroad and large stretches of the Oregon and California trails, and the equally colorful old Lincoln Highway. Following vanished iron rails and wagon wheel ruts, bumping down backroads and main streets, they discovered the deep, restless, uniquely American spirit of adventure that connects our past to our present. A superb writer and an exacting researcher, Bain conjures up a marvelous sense of coming unstuck in time as he lingers in the ghost towns and battlegrounds, prairies and river ports, trainyards, museums, deserts, and diners that line his cruise west to California. Bain encounters a fascinating cast of characters, both historic and contemporary, as well as memories of his grandparents and the journeys that shaped his own heritage. Writing in the tradition of William Least Heat-Moon and Ian Frazier, and with an engaging warmth and a deep grasp of history all his own, Bain has fashioned a quintessentially American journey. |
| gaspar de portola childhood: The Gila, River of the Southwest Edwin Corle, 1951-01-01 . . . Traces the history of this fabulous land of New Mexico and Arizona from the days of the dinosaurs to the present-day dam building and land reclamation through irrigation. Every phase of development is taken up in detail.--Library Journal. Mr. Corle, who knows a great deal about the Southwest, has been handed a writer's dream of an assignment and has carried it out in fine style.--The New Yorker. The Gila is a remarkable bit of Americana, written by a man who knows every inch of the country.--Chicago Sunday Tribune. Mr. Corle has shown before that he knows how to swing a book of this kind--a combination of history, geography, anecdote, and atmosphere. He accomplishes the task here, moreover, in particularly fine style. The Gila belongs up among the top few in the Rivers of American series. Mr. Corle's done a real job on it.--Joseph Henry Jackson, San Francisco Chronicle. |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Publications of the Historical Society of Southern California , 1928 |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Journey to the Sun Gregory Orfalea, 2014-01-14 The narrative of the remarkable life of Junipero Serra, the intrepid priest who led Spain and the Catholic Church into California in the 1700s and became a key figure in the making of the American West. In the year 1749, at the age of thirty-six, Junipero Serra left his position as a highly regarded priest in Spain for the turbulent and dangerous New World, knowing he would never return. The Spanish Crown and the Catholic Church both sought expansion in Mexico--the former in search of gold, the latter seeking souls--as well as entry into the mysterious land to the north called California. By his death at age seventy-one, Serra had traveled more than 14,000 miles on land and sea through the New World--much of that distance on a chronically infected and painful foot--baptized and confirmed 6,000 Indians, and founded nine of California's twenty-one missions, with his followers establishing the rest. |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Southern California Quarterly , 1928 |
| gaspar de portola childhood: The Californians , 1987 |
| gaspar de portola childhood: The Man who Founded California Maurice N. L. Couve de Murville, 2000 The Archbishop of Birmingham, England, presents a popular but thorough biography of Blessed Junipero Serra, the tireless Franciscan missionary who came to California in the 18th century to evangelize the Indians. Well-known for the historic missions which he helped establish all along the coast from San Diego to San Francisco, Father Serra is even recognized by the secular society of the U.S. government as the founder of California. His larger than life-size statue stands in a hall of the U.S. Capital as one of the pioneers who created the United States of America. Archbishop de Murville presents a historical and spiritual biography of Serra from his childhood and student days in Majorca, Spain, to his time in Mexico, and to his great missionary work in California. Recently beatified by Pope John Paul II, Father Serra's presence and work is still very much alive through the beautiful missions that are visited by millions every year. |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Loud Whisper Clifton Snider, 2000-12-11 Adam (a.k.a. Zed) Avery is the hub around which the spokes of Loud Whisper revolve. Sexy, impulsive, reckless, he is the dedicated leader of a Southern California rock band in the 1980s called The Spacs. Beneath his defiant veneer lies a sensitive, literate, generous individual. The product of an upper middle class family, Adam is never content for long with the numerous obsessions that occupy him-including drugs. The members of The Spacs include Danny Devil, Adams school friend and the leveling influence on the band; Davey Dynamite, the Hispanic keyboard player; Adrian Cocksure, the sexy bass player; and Brenda Cashew, the alcoholic lead singer until Adam replaces her in that position. Other key characters are Mark and Melanie, Adams lovers, and Henry Langford, the reporter from the national music magazine, Nitty-Gritty. The Spacs had begun to achieve national prominence when, at a concert at The Forum, drugged and lacking self-confidence, Adam falls from the stage, paralyzing himself from the neck down with, doctors say, no more than a ten per cent chance of his walking again. The novel opens with this concert and quickly moves into Marks story. Langford has come to interview him for a feature article on Adam and The Spacs. The following chapters tell Adams story through interviews with the other band members and Melanie, so that the point of view changes with each chapter. Then the focus switches to Adam in the hospital and his long struggle to recover and eventually return to the music business. The theme is recovery from drug addiction and a self-destructive life style and from the paralyzing accident caused in part by the addiction. Love is also a theme which, combined with determination and a spiritual awakening, allows Adam to pursue his recovery and return to the stage, so that the novel ends on an upbeat note, despite the harrowing experiences its central character has gone through. |
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| gaspar de portola childhood: Best Books for Children Catherine Barr, John Thomas Gillespie, 2006 |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Travel Writing and Environmental Awareness Françoise Besson, 2023-08-24 Travel writing presents stories of human journeys and can guide us towards a better perception of our connections with the nonhuman world. This book is a collection of essays by writers and scholars from China, England, France, India, Tunisia and the United States of America. It discusses sustainable travels and travel writing, and explores the sense of connection with nature. From travels around one’s home to mountain hikes and bicycle rides, it also reminds us that planes can be used in a responsible way. It discusses conscious travelling and shows the important role texts play in educating us on this issue. This multidimensional book encompasses several literary genres: essays, autobiographies, mountain reports, novels, poetry, journals, graphic novels and scientific reports. It is aimed at all those who have some interest in travel, ecology, and the philosophy of place. |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Alta California Nick Neely, 2019-11-05 National Bestseller: This fascinating account of one man’s 650-mile trek from San Diego to San Francisco captures the many layers of California’s fiendishly complex history. “[Makes] you fall, or refall, in love with California . . . wildfires and insane housing prices and all . . . What a journey, you think. What a state.” —San Francisco Chronicle In 1769, an expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá sketched a route that would become, in part, the famous El Camino Real. It laid the foundation for the Golden State we know today, a place that remains as mythical and captivating as any in the world. Despite having grown up in California, Nick Neely realized how little he knew about its history. So he set off to learn it bodily, with just a backpack and a tent, trekking through stretches of California both lonely and urban. For twelve weeks, following the journal of expedition missionary Father Juan Crespí, Neely kept pace with the ghosts of the Portolá expedition—nearly 250 years later. Weaving natural and human history, Alta California relives Neely’s adventure, while telling a story of Native cultures and the Spanish missions that soon devastated them, and exploring the evolution of California and its landscape. The result is a collage of historical and contemporary California, of lyricism and pedestrian serendipity, and of the biggest issues facing California today—water, agriculture, oil and gas, immigration, and development—all of it one step at a time. |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Historical Memoirs of New California Francisco Palóu, 1926 Study of the effect of contact with white society on a northwest coast Indian band. |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Father Junipero Serra Mariana Medina, Donna Genet, 2015-07-15 A Spanish Franciscan friar, Father Junipero Serra traveled to the New World to bring Catholicism to the indigenous peoples, and in 1769 founded the first mission in California. Read all about Father Serra's incredible life, including his historic accomplishments and the recent controversies surrounding his missionary work. |
| gaspar de portola childhood: O, My Ancestor Claudia K. Jurmain, William McCawley, 2009 This book gives voice to the Tongva Faced with the challenge of reconst |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Reclaiming Chicano/a Poetics and Spatiality Julio C. Leal, 2010 |
| gaspar de portola childhood: History Samuel T. Black, 1913 |
| gaspar de portola childhood: California David G. Lawrence, Jeff Cummins, 2023-08-07 California: The Politics of Diversity examines the diverse and hyperpluralistic nature of California and its people. No other textbook on California politics offers as much coverage and in-depth analysis of the state’s political development, institutions, and public policies that have shaped the Golden State into what it is today. |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Junipero Serra Tyler Schumacher, 2006 Provides an introduction to the life and biography of Junipero Serra, the Spanish explorer and missionary who established nine missions along the California coast. |
| gaspar de portola childhood: The Explorers Richard F. Pourade, 1960 Story of the discovery of San Diego in 1542 by Cabrillo, emphasizing the role of the padres who explored the region. |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Dictionary of American Biography , 1958 |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Dictionary of Christianity in America Daniel G. Reid, Robert Dean Linder, Bruce Leon Shelley, Harry S. Stout, 1990 This single volume does what most libraries cannot--placing at your fingertips the whole spectrum of individuals, traditions, institutions, denominations, events and ideas that have influenced North American religion and culture. Edited by Daniel G. Reid, Robert D. Linder, Bruce L. Shelley and Harry S. Stout. |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine , 2001 January and February, 1925 volumes bound together as one. |
| gaspar de portola childhood: American Book Publishing Record , 2003 |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Westways , 1982 |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Library Media Connection , 2003 |
| gaspar de portola childhood: America, History and Life , 1995 Provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes information abstracted from over 2,000 journals published worldwide. |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Environmental Encyclopedia Marci Bortman, 2003 Contains alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about people, events, issues, and terms with environmental significance; and includes cross-references, further reading lists, appendices, and a comprehensive general index. |
| gaspar de portola childhood: The Reader's Encyclopedia William Rose Benét, 1948 |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Native America Michael Leroy Oberg, 2015-06-23 This history of Native Americans, from the period of first contactto the present day, offers an important variation to existingstudies by placing the lives and experiences of Native Americancommunities at the center of the narrative. Presents an innovative approach to Native American history byplacing individual native communities and their experiences at thecenter of the study Following a first chapter that deals with creation myths, theremainder of the narrative is structured chronologically, coveringover 600 years from the point of first contact to the presentday Illustrates the great diversity in American Indian culture andemphasizes the importance of Native Americans in the history ofNorth America Provides an excellent survey for courses in Native Americanhistory Includes maps, photographs, a timeline, questions fordiscussion, and “A Closer Focus” textboxes that providebiographies of individuals and that elaborate on the text, exposing students to issues of race, class, and gender |
| gaspar de portola childhood: Junipero Serra Steven W. Hackel, 2013-09-03 Explores the life of the Spanish Franciscan missionary who traveled up the Pacific coast to convert the Native Americans to Catholicism and turn them into European-style farmers and explains why he is commonly credited as the father of modern California. |
| gaspar de portola childhood: The Saturday Evening Post , 1944 SCC Library has 1974-89; (plus scattered issues). |
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