| Historic Bay Area Visionaries Contributor(s): Chapman, Robin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467139068 ISBN-13: 9781467139069 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $21.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2018945784 |
| Series: American Chronicles |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.88 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For centuries, California's environment has nurtured remarkable people. Ohlone Lope Inigo found a way to protect his family in troubled times on the shores of San Francisco Bay. Pioneer Juana Briones made a fortune from her rancho yet took the time to car |
Contributor Bio(s): Chapman, Robin: - Robin Chapman is a longtime journalist who is a native of the Santa Clara Valley. She earned her master's degree in journalism from the University of California-Los Angeles and worked at KRON-TV in San Francisco and several other stations in the West before heading to Washington, D.C. In 2009, she returned to California and authored California Apricots. She now writes a history column for a Silicon Valley weekly and serves on the board of the Los Altos History Museum. This is her fifth book. |