California
Erik Bruun
Presents the history, important people, and famous places of the Golden State, as well as miscellaneous facts about California today.
Read Time: ~5.2 hr
Hear that lonesome whistle blow
by Dee Brown (1994)
About this book
Includes information on Arapaho Indians, the Central Pacific Railroad of California, Cheyenne Indians, the Northern Pacific Railroad, Pawnee Indians, Plains Indians, immigrants, settlers, Sioux Indians, Robert Louis Stevenson, the Union Pacific Railraod, Abraham Lincoln, etc.
Setting / LocationCalifornia
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreHear that lonesome whistle blow Lead Character
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