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Book/Printed Material In the footprints of the padres

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Title

  • In the footprints of the padres

Summary

  • Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909) and his family left Rochester, New York, for California in 1855. In the 1870s and 1880s, he became a well known writer of travel books, most notably his South-Sea Idylls. He taught at Notre Dame and the Catholic University of America before retiring to California at the end of his life. In the footprints of the padres (1902) recalls Stoddard's boyhood and family life in San Francisco: schools, Chinatown, social life, Happy Valley, and the Vigilance Committee. He also describes a voyage to New York in 1857 with his ailing older brother and offers miscellaneous anecdotes of California missions, Monterey, and Theresa Yelverton.

Names

  • Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909.

Created / Published

  • San Francisco, A.M. Robertson, 1902.

Contents

  • Litany of the shrines.--Old days in El Dorado.--A memory of Monterey.--A bit of old China.--A mysterious history.--The egg-pickers of the Farallones.--Inland yachting.--In a Californian bungalow.

Headings

  • -  California--Description and travel
  • -  Ethnic groups--California
  • -  Women--California
  • -  Urbanization--California
  • -  Real estate development--California
  • -  Law--Political aspects--California

Medium

  • vii, 335 p. front., plates. 19 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F862 .S86
  • F862 .S86 Copy 2 Copy 2.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 02002443

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Rights & Access

"California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900.

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Chicago citation style:

Stoddard, Charles Warren. In the Footprints of the Padres. San Francisco, A.M. Robertson, 1902. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/02002443/.

APA citation style:

Stoddard, C. W. (1902) In the Footprints of the Padres. San Francisco, A.M. Robertson. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/02002443/.

MLA citation style:

Stoddard, Charles Warren. In the Footprints of the Padres. San Francisco, A.M. Robertson, 1902. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/02002443/>.