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The History of Alta California: A Memoir of Mexican California
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by Antonio Maria Osio, Rose Marie Beebe, and Robert M. Senkewicz
Sales Rank: 258158
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List Price: $21.95
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Cover Type: Paperback with 400 pages
Published by: University of Wisconsin Press May 1, 1996
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0299149749
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0299149741
Book Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 1.1 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
The first complete English translation of Osio's 1851 memoir of Mexican California, this account describes day-to-day life of the common people in what is now central and northern California from 1821 to 1846, before the Mexican-American War?a tense period marked by small skirmishes resulting from land and power disputes between the Anglos and the Mexicans. This is a daily account, so there is a lot of detail-perhaps more than the general reader really wants. Osio does have a readable style, however, and can write vividly, as in these observations about some corrupt Californios and Mexican traitors: "Se?or Stockton, a patriotic and upright man, would have hanged them like a bunch of grapes from every yardarm of his frigate's main mast." In their comprehensive introduction to the volume and the author, the editors note that this is not a structured record, complete with historical perspective. Still, Osio's first-person perspective and quotidian subject matter flesh out current understanding of the place and period. Illustrations not seen by PW.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
The Bookwatch
"Osio wrote his book in 1851: details of the U.S.-Mexican war and other events are thus immediate and from an involved writer's perspective, engrossing readers with not only observations but personal and family feelings about Mexican/U.S. relationships and changes."-The Bookwatch
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