Mother Earth is smiling on the hard work of retelling the stories of long ago. This is the true teachings of the native americans of central California and the Sierra Mountains. I am sure much is lost because no one took the time to write down what these people had taught for generations. However, this book is a true line to the past and is a must for reading. You can also visit the Mooney Grove Museum to view history of native americans living in the valley and foothills.To understand the future we must except the past, and how these third world peoples were treated at the hands of the new visitors to "Their mother earth".....with book in hand I can still hear the echoes of chantes from long ago, the muffled drums...beating the rhythm of rhapsody into the night.A must book to read!

havent read any of this author's books. am interested in locating author to see if he belongs on our broomall family tree. mr. broomall if you happen to read this email please contact me asap. we are originally from pa. mostly delaware and chester counties and a few other scattered states. i would very much like to talk to you(by email).

Looking for the newest version of this book. The 1995 edition is the great but out of date. Does any one know of a similar book on California Laws relating to children. Especially laws relating to schools?

This is such a well done guide. Another good book in the California Natural History Guide series by the University of California Press, this book is particularly strong in its keys. Replete with line drawings of the living animals as well as instructive views of skulls for use in identification. Good range maps, and index. It has 77 pages of mammal ecology including sections on studying mammals (even gives addresses for suppliers of night vision scopes and hunter style hearing aid devices). Another 260 odd pages are the species accounts: Marsupialia, Insectivora, Chiroptera, Carnivora, Pinnepedia, Cetacea, Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla, Rodentia, and Lagomorpha. I would say your California natural history bookshelf isn't complete without this one.

With exquisite illustrations and easy-to-follow copy, this coloring book is the perfect way to introduce children (3rd grade and up) and adults alike to the history of the California missions. The book gives us a window into the day to day lives of the people who lived in the missions, Native Americans and missionaries alike. A must for any educator looking for quality instructional material or parent looking to enrich their children's minds

Excellent books written to the level of 3rd thru 6th grades. In classroom the teacher may assign a different tribe to each student. The introduction includes clearly written material on pre history NA tribes. The second section deals with a particular strong tribe in CA. The books include a complete outline which the students may use in preparing a written report on his/her tribe. This is usually the first report written utilizing an outline in CA primary grades.

The books tell a clear story of tribal lives including habitat, search for food, relations with other tribes and tools native to their geographic region.

As a teacher I recommend this series when working on the prescribed unit of study on Native Americans. The author has also written on the California Missions and on seven other tribes in a third series which will cover all eight NA regions in North American. An excellent teacher and student study and report tool.

I didn't read this book. I devoured it! My work suffered, meals didn't get cooked, and phone calls went unanswered. I nearly finished it in one sitting.

The book is peppered with delicious phrases, such as "Jimmy was thin as a greyhound but with no suggestion of speed" and sub-plots abound, leading one to believe that a specific outcome is certain... only to be surprised again, and again, and again.

Here's hoping there will be more Brighton Doyle mysteries. I can't wait for the next one!

This is a great guide to the abandoned mining towns littering the outback of Nevada and
California. There's more towns dead than alive out there! Modern cities and highways are shown
in black ink, and the ghost towns and historic places in red, complete with anecdotes
documenting their significance and the years they existed. Useful in combination with Delorme's
Nevada and California atlases (which you might need to actually find these towns, given the small scale of the ghost town maps).

As a transplanted Californian, I love this book. The pictures are beautiful, displaying the great diversity of the state. This is a great coffee table book that you, and your guests, will look through again and again. And when I get homesick, this is the next best thing to a trip home to cure it.