This text is the first volume of a comprehensive anthology of Californian literature. It is divided into four parts and contains material ranging from Native Am

“Ian Jackman had the fool-hearty courage to set out armed with the two most dangerous tools for traveling in America, an inquiring mind and a hungry stomach.

“Olmsted finds in Depression-era California the crucible for strong-arm policies against farm workers that bolstered the conservative movement” (Kirkus Revi