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In this vivid book, Julie and Kevin Mims have told a success story of the kind America has produced over and over again - the birth, growth, struggles and flourishing of California's capital city. But the story is not told in highwinded historical passages; instead, we see it in the faces of Sacramentoans, how they looked and how they lived. The miners' stories are revealed in their weathered faces and roughened hands, a more telling biography than words alone could provide. Rather than being subjected to laborious monologues on Victorian society, we are there with those who practiced that lifestyle; we are inside the Stanford game room, we attend a Crocker gala, we are part of the opulence and can see its splendor for ourselves. Technology's rapid rise is told in photos which show the stunning contrast between old and new. Pictures of horse-drawn carriages beneath high tension wires, and breathtaking biplanes swirling above lazy riverboats illustrate how progress and hi
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- PublisherWalsworth Pub Co
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0898651204
- ISBN 13 9780898651201
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages207
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Sacramento: A Pictorial History of California's Capital
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Donning Company, Virginia Beach, VA, 1981
ISBN 10: 0898651204
ISBN 13: 9780898651201
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Sacramento: A Pictorial History of California's Capital (California Tradition Series)
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