In the Shade of the Juniper Tree: A Life of Fray Junipero Serra

Description: This copy is Signed and dated by author Katherine Ainsworth. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ''A dramatic and colorful biography of the Franciscan priest who forged the early links in the California mission chain.'' (cover blurb). The husband - wife writing team of Edward and Katherine Ainsworth enhance this biography with their own travels from Serra's birthplace in Mallorca to the place where he was laid to rest in 1784 beside the Bay of Monterey. Ed Ainsworth was known for his column ''Along Camino Real'' during the 1930s and 1940s, and later for another column, ''On the Move''. Rear gutter code ''L8'' indicates a printing date of February, 1970. BINDING/CONDITION: dark green cloth with gilt spine text; a Very Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. bibliography, index. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall). 199 pages.