Title & Author:

California : a guide to the Golden State / originally compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of California.

Edition:

New rev. ed. Harry Hansen, editor.

Publication:

New York : Hastings House, [1967]

Description:

xxxii, 733 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Series:

American guide series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 690-696).
Part 1. From past to present. -- Where the dream comes true -- Natural setting and conservation. -- First Californians. -- California's Last four centuries. -- Industry and finance. -- From clipper ship to jet plane -- Workingmen -- Press, radio and television -- The Movies. -- Education. -- The Arts. -- literature-music-painting and sculpture-the theater -- Highways into the future -- Architecture -- Part II. Signposts to city scenes. -- Berkeley -- Fresno -- Hollywood -- Long beach -- Los Angeles -- Monterey -- Oakland -- Pasadena -- Sacramento -- San diego -- San fransisco -- San jose -- Santa barbara -- Stockton -- Part III. Up and down the state. -- Tour 1. westport-san francisco-monterey-las cruces [state 1] -- section a. westport to san francisco -- section b. san francisco to monterey -- section c. monterey to las cruces -- Tour 2. (brookings, ore.)-san francisco-los angeles-(tijuana, mexico) [us 101] -- section a. oregon line to san francisco -- section b. san francisco to san luis obispo -- section c. san luis obispo to los angeles -- section d. los angeles to mexican border -- Tour 2A. junction with us 101-lakeport-st. helena-napa-vallejo-junction with us 40 [state 20-29] -- Tour 2B. junction with us 101-long beach-doheny park [us 101 alt.] -- Tour 2C. wilmington-santa catalina island (by boat) -- Tour 3. (ashland, ore.)-sacramento-los angeles-(mexicali, mexico) [us 99 and 99 w] -- section a. oregon line to sacramento -- section b. sacramento to bakersfield -- section c. bakersfield to los angeles -- section d. pomona to beaumont -- section e. indio to mexican border -- Tour 3A. (klamath falls, ore.)-weed [us 97] -- Tour 3B. red bluff-marysville-roseville [us 99e] -- Tour 3C. greenfield-maricopa-ventura [us 399] -- Tour 4. chilcoot-el dorado-sonora-mariposa [state 49] -- section a. chilcoot to el dorado -- section b. el dorado to mariposa -- Tour 5. junction with us 99-lassen volcanic national park-quincy-truckee [state 89] -- section a. junction with us 99 to morgan springs -- section b. junction with state 36 to truckee -- Tour 6. (lakeview, ore.)-alturas-(reno, nev.)-bishop-san bernardino-san diego [us 395] -- section a. oregon line to nevada line -- section b. nevada line to bishop -- section c. bishop to brown -- section d. brown to junction with us 66 -- section e. san bernardino to san diego -- Tour 6A. junction with us 395-susanville-chester-red bluff [state 36] -- Tour 6B. junction with us 395-portola-quincy-oroville-marysville-knights landing-woodland-sacramento [state 24] -- Tour 6C. junction with us 395-warner hot springs-julian-junction with us 80 [state 79] -- Tour 7. (tonopah, nev.)-bishop-brown-mojave-palmdale-los angeles-long beach [us 6] -- section a. nevada line to bishop -- section b. brown to long beach -- Tour 8. alturas-redding-junction with us 101 [us 299] -- section a. alturas to redding -- section b. sacramento to san francisco -- Tour 8A. canby-lava beds national monument-bartle -- Tour 9. (reno, nev.)-sacramento-san francisco [us 40] -- section a. nevada line to sacramento -- section b. sacramento to san francisco -- Tour 9A. sacramento-rio vista-antioch-concord-oakland [state 160] -- Tour 10. (carson city, nev.)-sacramento-san francisco [us 50] -- section a. nevada line to sacramento -- section b. stockton to san francisco -- Tour 11. (las vegas, nev.)-baker-barstow-bakersfield-morro bay [us 91-466] -- section a. nevada line to barstow -- section b. barstow to morro bay -- Tour 12. (kingman, ariz.)-needles-san bernardino-santa monica [us 66] -- section a. arizona line to barstow -- section b. barstow to san bernandino -- section c. san bernandino to santa monica -- Tour 13. (quartzite, ariz.)-blythe-indio-beaumont-riverside-los angeles [us 60-70; interstate 10] -- section a. arizona line to indio -- section b. indio to los angeles -- Tour 14. (yuma, ariz.)-el centro-san diego [us 80] -- section a. arizona line to el centro -- section b. el centro to san diego -- Death Valley National Monument -- Park tour 1. western entrance at towne's pass to eastern entrance in furnace creek wash. [state 190] -- Park tour 2. furnace creek junction-badwater-saratoga springs junction [east highway] -- Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks -- sequoia park tour -- general grant grove tour -- Yosemite National Park -- tour 1. arch rock entrance station to old village [all-year-highway, el capitan rd.] -- tour 2. south entrance gate-mariposa big tree grove-junction with pohono bridge rd. -- tour 3. junction with big oak flat rd.-aspen valley entrance station-tuolumne meadows-tioga pass-junction with us 395 [state 120] -- yosemite park trails -- Part IV. Appendices
Also issued online.
Library copy: bookplate of Marilyn A. Lavin, designed by Michael Graves.

Subject:

California Guidebooks.
Travel.
California Description and travel.
California History.
Californie Descriptions et voyages.
Californie Guides.
Californie Histoire.
California.
United States, California Description and travel Guidebooks.

Form/genre:

travel guidebooks.
Guidebooks.
History.
Guides touristiques.

Added entries:

Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977, editor.
Lavin, Marilyn Aronberg, donor.
Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration of Northern California.
American guide series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 318039
Call No.: 318039
Copy: 1
Status: Available