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California Land of Promise by Maidee Thomas Nelson

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California Land of Promise by Maidee Thomas Nelson

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California Land of Promise: An Informal History of California from Discovery to Statehood, 1542 to 1850 Including the Exciting Days of the Gold Rush of '49. In the pages of California, Land of Promise is recounted the history of the discovery and early settlement of the Golden State, 1542-1850 -from the dust jacket Maidee Thomas Nelson Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1962 Illustrated with frontispiece, photographs, and maps Octavo, orange cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket (browning at spine, slight wear, mended lower right corner at back). Spotting of top edges, else fine.First edition

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