Sage Bloom And Water Rights: Stories of Early Southern California - Softcover

Graham, Margaret Collier

 
9780970048141: Sage Bloom And Water Rights: Stories of Early Southern California

Inhaltsangabe

This book gathers ten of the favorite stories by Margaret Collier Graham, an acclaimed storyteller of late 19th century Southern California, whose work was admired across the country in its day. These tales give a living glimpse into an earlier time, beyond what history books can tell.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Margaret Collier Graham was South Pasadena's pioneer storyteller and essayist, admired by John Muir and Charles Lummis, a familiar voice in Lummis's magazine Land of Sunshine, and with her husband Donald Graham, a founder of Southland towns.

Margaret Collier Graham arrived in Southern California from Iowa in 1877, and with her husband Donald Graham she was one of the founders of the town of South Pasadena. She was an advocate for women's rights, including the vote, and wrote witty stories revealing the layers of society, especially the humblest settlers, in early Southern California days.

Aus dem Klappentext

Margaret Collier Graham's fiction gives a vivid look at the Southern California of her time. . . the aroma of sage and the earth, in sun or rain, rises from these pages with a satisfying richness. These are stories with literary merit and also historical truth.

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