Title: Golden Odyssey: John Stroud Houston: California's First Controller and the Origins of State Government
Publisher: Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Publication Date: 1999
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0914421239
ISBN 13: 9780914421238
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition.
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Book

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"In 1849, before it officially became a state, California installed a government that lacked precedent, authority, or money. To start the mechanism and keep it going was the responsibility of the state's first controller, John Stroud Houston."

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