Missions and ranchos
Subtitle: early California life
By: Gare Thompson.
Contributors: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Series: National Geographic reading expeditions; Voices from America's past; Reading expeditions.
Publisher: National Geographic
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: 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.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: 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.