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Soldiers, Scoundrels, Poets, & Priests: Stories of the Men & Women Behind the Missions of California
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Soldiers, Scoundrels, Poets, & Priests: Stories of the Men & Women Behind the Missions of California

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$19.95
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The living history of California's missions is a mosaic of piety and passion, heroism and greed. Soldiers, Scoundrels, Poets, & Priests puts flesh and blood on a profoundly important time in California's history, an extended period of evolution from wilderness to territory to state.

This is not a dry recounting of facts, it is a vivid description, in words and images, of the people who birthed and nurtured California and the places that formed its shape and character. It is, in fact, the only book that assembles the stories of all the key players in the California mission drama into one fascinating volume.

Meet familiar friends like Junipero Serra who founded the first missions and John Charles Fremont, the pathfinder who helped the territory win statehood. Discover the lesser known, but equally important characters in the play, like Pio Pico who illegally sold mission lands and buildings to enrich his friends and himself, or Francisco Hermenegildo Garces, the "Daniel Boone in Franciscan garb."

In 30 biographies and over 120 images (most of them in color) the splendor that is the California mission system unfolds before your eyes. Soldiers, Scoundrels, Poets, & Priests tells a wonderful take and provides a unique glimpse into the heart and soul of California: its magnificent missions.

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