Frederic Caire Chiles: 2 books
Justinian Caire and Santa Cruz Island
The Rise and Fall of a California Dynasty
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
One of the fabled Channel Islands of Southern California, Santa Cruz was once the largest privately owned island off the coast of the continental United States. This multifaceted account traces the island’s history from its aboriginal Chumash population to its acquisition by The Nature Conservancy...
California's Channel Islands
A History
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
Prehistoric foragers, conquistadors, missionaries, adventurers, hunters, and rugged agriculturalists parade across the histories of these little-known islands on the horizon of twenty-first century Southern California. This chain of eight islands is home to a biodiversity unrivaled anywhere on Earth....