Great West Books: 6 books

I was born in Cleveland, Ohio on the last day of 1928. Both my parents were college graduates, my upbringing—and values and standards —were upper-middle class, and in the normal course of events I would have acquired a “higher education” and quite likely proceeded into one of the professions....

These drives have been selected for their scenic, pastoral, and historic qualities. Each trip comes with a map and one or more photos. Pack a picnic basket, take along your camera, and escape from the freeways. Enjoy isolation and wonderful scenery from Marin to the Geysers, and from the Wine Country...

In 1850 a German immigrant with an adopted name and six dollars in his pocket arrived in San Francisco. Forty years later, Henry Miller was the largest private landowner in the United States and one of the most powerful men in California. His story is an important part of the history of land and water politics in 19th-century California.

The historic background of geographic names in Yosemite National Park. The record of who named what and when, quotations from explorers, tourists, geographers, rangers, and soldiers, and often the peculiar, humorous, or moving events that gave rise to the names on the maps today. Includes old names,...

The origin of geographic names in the Sierra Nevada from the Lake Tahoe basin south to Walker Pass, excluding Yosemite. Pedro Font, viewing the range from a hilltop near the present city of Antioch on an April day in 1776, described it as "una gran sierra nevada"—a grand snowy mountain range—and...