California: Mapping the Golden State through History by Vincent Virga

California: Mapping the Golden State through History by Vincent Virga

A stirring trip through the history of the Golden State through gloriously detailed, fascinating maps from the Library of Congress - 50 full-color historical maps from the Library of Congress- Informative captions on each map’s origins- Essays by California author Ray Jones on how maps reflect the history, culture, and sensibilities of the state and its residents through time- A foreword by Vincent Virga describing the library’s collection and the state’s maps About Mapping States Through History This is the first series to assemble—in full color, state-by-state—an in-depth collection of rare, historically significant maps of the cities, states, counties, towns, and events that make up each of America’s fifty states. Produced in collaboration with the Library of Congress and edited by renowned photo editor and author Vincent Virga, these books offer a glimpse into the history of the United States through the maps and their narrative captions. Each map thus becomes a virtual time machine that tells us much about the places we live in today. Compelling historical essays by a local writer complement Virga’s foreword to further help weave the cartographic record into a drama of settlement and change.

Vincent Virga is the author of six novels: The Gaywyck Trilogy-Gaywyck, Vadriel Vail, and Children of Paradise--Herald Angel, Early Ripe, and A Comfortable Corner, all to be published in ViVa Editions with BookSurge. Critically acclaimed for Cartographia: Mapping Civilization, he has also co-authored with the Library of Congress Eyes of the Nation: A Visual History of the United States (with Alan Brinkley), and The American Civil War: 365 Days (with Margaret Wagner and Gary Gallagher). He has been hailed as America's foremost picture editor for having researched, edited, captioned, and designed nearly 150 picture sections in books by authors including John Wayne, Jane Fonda, Arianna Huffington, Hillary Clinton, and Bill Clinton. He also edited Forcing Nature: Trees in Los Angeles, photographs by George Haas for Vincent Virga Editions. His latest book is Civil War Sketch Book with Harry Katz. He is also the U.S. Representative of the Jackie Clarke Collection in Ballina, Mayo, Ireland, where he spends his summers.

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ISBN 13	9780762745302
ISBN 10	0762745304
Title	California: Mapping the Golden State through History
Author	Vincent Virga
Series	Mapping The States Through History
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Rowman & Littlefield
Year published	2009-10-14
Number of pages	128
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