Golden Odyssey: John Stroud Houston: California's First Controller and the Origins of State Government

by Judson A. Grenier

"In 1849, before it officially became a state, California installed a government that lacked precedent, authority, or money. To start the mechanism and keep it going was the responsibility of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0914421239
• ISBN13: 9780914421238
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Historical Society of Southern California
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.