{"product_id":"2940013691285","title":"THE FORTY-NINERS, A CHRONICLE OF THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL AND EL DORADO","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I.    SPANISH DAYS\u003cbr\u003e II.   THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION\u003cbr\u003e III.  LAW--MILITARY AND CIVIL\u003cbr\u003e IV.   GOLD\u003cbr\u003e V.    ACROSS THE PLAINS\u003cbr\u003e VI.   THE MORMONS\u003cbr\u003e VII.  THE WAY BY PANAMA\u003cbr\u003e VIII. THE DIGGINGS\u003cbr\u003e IX.   THE URBAN FORTY-NINER\u003cbr\u003e X.    ORDEAL BY FIRE\u003cbr\u003e XI.   THE VIGILANTES OF '51\u003cbr\u003e XII.  SAN FRANCISCO IN TRANSITION\u003cbr\u003e XIII. THE STORM GATHERS\u003cbr\u003e XIV.  THE STORM BREAKS\u003cbr\u003e XV.   THE VIGILANTES OF '56\u003cbr\u003e XVI.  THE TRIUMPH OF THE VIGILANTES\u003cbr\u003e       BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE\u003cbr\u003e       INDEX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FORTY-NINERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSPANISH DAYS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe dominant people of California have been successively aborigines,\u003cbr\u003e_conquistadores_, monks, the dreamy, romantic, unenergetic peoples of\u003cbr\u003eSpain, the roaring melange of Forty-nine, and finally the modern\u003cbr\u003ecitizens, who are so distinctive that they bid fair to become a\u003cbr\u003esubspecies of their own. This modern society has, in its evolution,\u003cbr\u003esomething unique. To be sure, other countries also have passed through\u003cbr\u003ethese same phases. But while the processes have consumed a leisurely\u003cbr\u003efive hundred years or so elsewhere, here they have been subjected to\u003cbr\u003eforced growth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tourist traveler is inclined to look upon the crumbling yet\u003cbr\u003ebeautiful remains of the old missions, those venerable relics in a\u003cbr\u003ebustling modern land, as he looks upon the enduring remains of old\u003cbr\u003eRome. Yet there are today many unconsidered New England farmhouses older\u003cbr\u003ethan the oldest western mission, and there are men now living who\u003cbr\u003ewitnessed the passing of Spanish California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough the existence of California had been known for centuries, and the\u003cbr\u003edates of her first visitors are many hundreds of years old, nevertheless\u003cbr\u003eSpain attempted no actual occupation until she was forced to it by\u003cbr\u003epolitical necessity. Until that time she had little use for the country.\u003cbr\u003eAfter early investigations had exploded her dream of more treasure\u003cbr\u003ecities similar to those looted by Cortés and Pizarro, her interest\u003cbr\u003epromptly died.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083147198704,"sku":"2940013691285","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013691285_p0.jpg?v=1763584420","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013691285","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}