Creme de Carmel: The Story of the Lively Personalities Who Shaped California's Coastal Kingdom

by Donna Marek

Book by Marek, Donna This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879373882
• ISBN13: 9781879373884
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Roberts Rinehart Publishers
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.9" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

CREME DE CARMEL--FAST, GOOD READ

Usually history books and the like are boring. This one is fast to read, filled with information and great photos. I wish I owned it before visiting Carmel. There was so much inside information about people and the places including ghost areas. Entertaining and informative. I'd buy it again.

fast reading, light and fully developed history

It is IN PRINT and available through Barnes & Noble's distributuion center and various chain stores and independents throughout the country!You'll find this quality hardback to be a hit on your gift list. The book is on the shelves and still in demand as an accurate and light history, filled with fantastic photographs and lots of information about the people, including major celebrities in Carmel, the early years, architecture, ghost stories, films made on the peninsula and Carmel politics and more! The author worked directly with the celebrity mayor of Carmel and devotes a complete and popular chapter to the book. Inside stories of residents also makes this a popular read.The book takes readers from the area's beginnings with the Native Americans and missionaries to the artists colony in Carmel (insights into famous artists and writers), chapters on architecture and social activities certainly add to the book's popularity. The fantastic collection of photographs with adequate text makes this book a popular coffee table choice!CREME DE CARMEL has received super reviews since it's publication and was on the bestseller list at numnber 4 and 5 too!