Nineteenth-century California was a society in turmoil, with a rapidly growing population, booming mining camps, insufficient or nonexistent law-enforcement personnel, and a large number of ethnic groups with differing attitudes toward law and personal honor.... more

This volume is a valuable and comprehensive record of more than 43 railroads of northern Nevada and 26 railroads of southern Nevada and California, many of them never before chronicled.... more

The final volume in the complete history of Nevada and Eastern California railroads David Myrick's monumental railroad histories have become essential reference works for railroaders, historians, and hobbyists.... more

When Phyllis Barber’s thirty-three-year marriage disintegrated, she had to redefine herself as a woman, mother, and artist.... more