Antonio Mara Osios La Historia de Alta California was the first written history of upper California during the era of Mexican rule, and this is its first complete English translation. A Mexican-Californian, government official, and the landowner of Angel Island and Point Reyes, Osio writes colorfully of life in old Monterey, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, and gives a first-hand account of the political intrigues of the 1830s that led to the appointment … More >>
History Of Alta California: A Memoir Of Mexican California
This book should be required reading in every public high school in California. It provides a perspective not commonly found in American history books. There was a migration of civilization from south to north that is largely overlooked by the east to west manifest destiny found in American history textbooks.
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