Research Catalog

The Golden Road : the story of California's Spanish mission trail

Title
The Golden Road : the story of California's Spanish mission trail / Felix Riesenberg, Jr.
Author
Riesenberg, Felix, 1913-1962
Publication
New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1962.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
TextUse in library F861.R54Off-site

Details

Description
315 pages : illustrations, color map; 24 cm.
Summary
The "story of the great road known as El Camino Real, the King's Highway, and as the California Mission Trail, and of the people who traveled it in its hundreds of years-Indians, priests, cutthroats, gold hunters, gamblers, and gay caballeros."
Series Statement
The American trails series
Uniform Title
American trails series (McGraw-Hill Book Company)
Subject
  • El Camino Real (Calif.)
  • California > History
  • Californie > Histoire
  • California
  • California > El Camino Real
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliography.
Contents
Seaside route -- Pathfinders of New Spain -- The mission trail -- El Camino Real -- Road of war -- The gold rush -- The highwaymen -- The coast stages -- The tourist wave -- Gasoline alley west -- U.S. 101 -- Dead-end -- Freeway -- The royal road.
LCCN
62017374
OCLC
  • ocm00761082
  • 761082
  • SCSB-302537
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library