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California: A History
— published 1980 — 5 editions |
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Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge
— published 2010 — 4 editions |
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Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915
— published 1973 — 5 editions |
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Coast of Dreams: California on the Edge, 1990-2003
— published 2004 — 5 editions |
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Inventing the Dream: California Through the Progressive Era
— published 1985 — 2 editions |
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Material Dreams: Southern California Through the 1920s
— published 1990 — 3 editions |
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Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963
— published 2009 — 2 editions |
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Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California
— published 1996 — 3 editions |
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Embattled Dreams: California in War and Peace, 1940-1950
— published 1902 — 4 editions |
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The Dream Endures: California Enters the 1940s
— published 1997 — 3 editions |
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“Wilde stepped off the train in Oakland wearing a Spanish sombrero, a velvet suit, a puce cravat, yellow gloves, and buckled shoes, and wended his way across the bay to the Bohemian Club, where he is reported to have drunk his hosts under the table.”
― Kevin Starr, California: A History
― Kevin Starr, California: A History
“Most dramatically, the Bridge served as an agonizing or exhilarating psychological symbol for the more than 1.2 million servicemen and women who sailed beneath it during World War II and for those soldiers and Marines who saw it from the air as their chartered World Airways or Flying Tiger plane took off from the Oakland Airport, banked westward across both bridges, and headed to Vietnam. Seen upon departure, whether from the channel or the air, the Golden Gate Bridge expressed the life left behind and the fearsome dangers to come. Seen upon return, the Bridge suggested safe harbor, recovery, the joy of life in years that now would be theirs.”
― Kevin Starr
― Kevin Starr
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| The History Book ...: * WHAT GOD HATH WROUGHT - GLOSSARY ~ (SPOILER THREAD) | 10 | 40 | Mar 21, 2013 01:01pm | |
| The History Book ...: * 9. WHAT GOD HATH WROUGHT- ANDREW JACKSON AND HIS AGE, CHAPTER 9 (328 - 366) ~ December 24th - December 30th; No Spoilers, Please | 32 | 44 | Mar 27, 2013 02:57pm | |
| The History Book ...: ARCHIVE: PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF ~ | 6698 | 3045 | May 08, 2013 03:33pm |
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