The Land of Purple Shadows (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Idah Meacham Strobridge

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331791049 ISBN 13 : 9781331791041

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Step into early California memories and legends told with warmth, clarity, and a storyteller’s heart.

This book gathers vivid scenes, personal memories, and old-world tales from a changing frontier. A travelogue and reminiscence, the book blends practical scenes of daily life with the poetry of place. It moves from sunlit canyons and mountain trails to crowded ranchos, capturing the feel of a California that spanned rough days, grand gatherings, and enduring friendships. The voice reflects on fairs, races, and the people who shaped the era, while still feeling the pull of legends and songs carried from old worlds. Across these pages, readers meet vaquero life, Spanish ranch culture, Chinese miners, and the gentle power of stories told around campfires. The book invites you to listen to dialog, observe costumes and crafts, and feel the atmosphere of a time when communities gathered, danced, and sang under wide skies.

• Vivid scenes of old California life, from ranchos to race tracks and crowded gatherings.
• Memorable portraits of riders, families, and workers across diverse cultures.
• Legends, songs, and stories that illuminate the mood and memory of the era.
• A reflective voice that blends travel, history, and personal observation.

Ideal for readers drawn to California lore, Western history, and lyrical, memory-driven travelogues.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Leopold Classic Library is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive collection. As part of our on-going commitment to delivering value to the reader, we have also provided you with a link to a website, where you may download a digital version of this work for free. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. Whilst the books in this collection have not been hand curated, an aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature. As a result of this book being first published many decades ago, it may have occasional imperfections. These imperfections may include poor picture quality, blurred or missing text. While some of these imperfections may have appeared in the original work, others may have resulted from the scanning process that has been applied. However, our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. While some publishers have applied optical character recognition (OCR), this approach has its own drawbacks, which include formatting errors, misspelt words, or the presence of inappropriate characters. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with an experience that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic book, and that the occasional imperfection that it might contain will not detract from the experience.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331791049
• ISBN 13: 9781331791041
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 148
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