In this rollicking reminiscence Sarah Bixby Smith tells of Los Angeles when it was "a little frontier town" and "Bunker Hill Avenue was the end of the settlement, a row of scattered houses along the ridge." She came there in 1878 at the age of seven from the San Justo Rancho in Monterey County. Sarah recalls daily life in town and at San Justo and neighboring ranches in the bygone era of the adobes. Exerting a strong pull on her imagination, as it will on the reader's, is the story of how her family drove sheep and cattle ...
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In this rollicking reminiscence Sarah Bixby Smith tells of Los Angeles when it was "a little frontier town" and "Bunker Hill Avenue was the end of the settlement, a row of scattered houses along the ridge." She came there in 1878 at the age of seven from the San Justo Rancho in Monterey County. Sarah recalls daily life in town and at San Justo and neighboring ranches in the bygone era of the adobes. Exerting a strong pull on her imagination, as it will on the reader's, is the story of how her family drove sheep and cattle from Illinois to the Pacific Coast in the 1850s. The daughter of a pioneering woolgrower, Sarah Bixby Smith became a leading citizen of California.
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Add this copy of Adobe Days 4ed to cart. $28.59, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published by VALLEY PUBLISHERS.
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Very good. Gently used with minor wear around the edges. Minor age discoloration to end paper, otherwise clean and tight. Folded lithograph is present and undamaged. No dust jacket.
Add this copy of Adobe Days a Book of California Memories to cart. $22.00, good condition, Sold by Friends of the Phoenix Library rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Phoenix, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1926 by The Torch Press Cedar Rapids IA.
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Good. Owners name inside front. Price written in pencil in inside corner. Pages are clean and tight. dampstained tan covers with age wear. Revised edition. No dust jacket. 100% of this purchase will support literacy programs through a nonprofit organization!
