“I thought, ‘There’s all kinds of wonderful books on California, but they don’t seem to have the point of view we’re encouraged to look at — the social drama of the imagination,’” Kevin Starr told The Times. Filling this gap would become his life’s work, making him the state’s foremost historian and one of its most revered public intellectuals.” – LA Times
From a bookseller’s point of view, Kevin Starr’s books were the perfect mix of the general and specific. Broader in scope the books called “Californiana”, but organized by a narrower time and theme to be much more useful that an ordinary one-volume history of the state.
Follow this link for a nice remembrance by Peter H. King in today’s LA Times.
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California History Magazine Summer 2000California History Magazine Summer 2000
Author: Starr, Kevin
( Richard J. Orsi )
California Historical Society/University of California, 2000.
Near fine.
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Shelf Code:07B3
Author: Starr, Kevin
( Richard J. Orsi )
California Historical Society/University of California, 2000.
Near fine.
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CALHIST79.2 Shelf Code:07B3
California: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)California: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
Author: Starr, Kevin
Modern Library, 2007.
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Shelf Code:07B4
Author: Starr, Kevin
Modern Library, 2007.
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081297753XISBN-13:
97808129775310 Shelf Code:07B4
The Octopus: A Story of California (The Epic of the Wheat)The Octopus: A Story of California (The Epic of the Wheat)
Author: Norris, Frank
( Kevin Starr (Intro) )
Penguin Classics, 1994.
Very good or better.
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Shelf Code:08G5
Author: Norris, Frank
( Kevin Starr (Intro) )
Penguin Classics, 1994.
Very good or better.
Stock number:
U0140187707ISBN-13:
97801401877010 Shelf Code:08G5
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