Reviews for The Literature of California, Volume 1: Native American Beginnings to 1945

The average rating for The Literature of California, Volume 1: Native American Beginnings to 1945 based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-01-10 00:00:00 Peter-yves Thynne I sure have read a lot about this place.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-01-03 00:00:00 Franklin Tinsley A wide assortment of writers have called California home at one point or another, and the stories in this anthology reflect the amazing diversity of perspective and experience of the residents from the period of the first Indigenous Californians oral histories. This is a great historical tour of California beginning with tribal stories and moving into the Spanish and then Mexican era's, and through 1945. There are stories from Native groups such as Costanoan, Chumash, Maidu, Yuki, Paiute to Karuk, Yurok and many more. There are also reknowned authors represented such as Mark Twain, John Steinback, Robert Louis Stevenson, Upton Sinclair, and Jack London as well as important stories such as Jade Snow Songs Fifth Chinese Daughter, and short stories of Toshio Mori. This is an important collection and gives a special perspective into both Californian and American history.