A World Transformed
Subtitle: Firsthand Accounts of California Before the Gold Rush
Publisher: Heyday Books
Published: March 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781890771133
Subjects: To 1846; History: American; California - Local History; History - U.S.; United States - State & Local - General; United States - 19th Century/Old West; Sources; California; 1846-1850; Biography; History
First sentence: After neglecting California for nearly 170 years, Spain was finally compelled in 1765 to turn its attention once again to the region, as it suddenly had two foreign competitors with which to contend.