The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft (Volume XXXV) California Inter Pocula

By Hubert Howe Bancroft

Book Overview

Before the Gold Rush became legend, it was lived - in taverns, camps, courts, and parlours. Voices rise from old California. California Inter Pocula, Volume XXXV of The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, gathers Bancroft's historical essays collection on the people, manners, and turning points of nineteenth century California. Written by the era's great compiler of western sources, it reads as a primary source anthology in spirit: brisk sketches, remembered incidents, and carefully preserved California pioneer anecdotes that illuminate California cultural history beyond dates and decrees. Drawn from the records and recollections he amassed, the pieces catch humour, hardship, and self-invention, showing how communities argued, celebrated, and remembered. Dip in for a single scene, or follow the thread of a society taking shape on the Pacific edge of the republic. Bancroft's multivolume project helped define American West historiography, and this instalment remains a dependable reference for historians as well as readers tracing genealogy and local history across the western United States history. For casual readers, it offers sharply drawn, human moments; for collectors of classic literature and Americana, it completes the shelf beside Bancroft's better-known surveys. It sits confidently among western history classics and early California chronicles, valued for its immediacy and its breadth of observation. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike, and a handsome companion to any complete history volume set.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 938916916X
• ISBN13: 9789389169164
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 840 Pages
• Weight: 2.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"