| Part of Series | Your California Legacy Series |
| Length | 01:30 |
| Licensor | California Legacy Project |
| Producer(s) | California Legacy Project |
| Formats | Daily Segment, Interstitial |
| Topics | Entertainment, Historical, Literature |
| Produced | Unspecified |
| Added to PRX | May 9, 2008 |
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Dramatic Performances of Great California Writing
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Your California Legacy Theme copyright 2005 by Bernhard Drax
Engaging, Intriguing, Thoughtful
Your California Legacy segments offer an attractive fit for local independent booksellers, museums, or historical associations looking to publicize events or underwrite strong "local" content.
This week?s five 90 second segments:
In 1873, British writer Isabella Lucy Bird was traveling through Truckee on her way to Colorado when she decided to stay a while. Exploring the surrounding countryside alone and on horseback, however, was more exhilarating than planned.
In 1902, veteran travel writer Charles Warren Stoddard recalled his boyhood San Francisco adventures in his memoir In the Footprints of the Padres, including his habit of playing on the old flume that brought water to the city.
In 1854, John Rollin Ridge published The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta about a young man from Mexico who is working as an honest miner when he is driven from his claim by unprincipled, greedy Americans.
Anthony Trollope saw nothing much to praise during an 1875 visit to San Francisco, but he did get a charge out of San Francisco's entrepreneurial spirit.
William Chauncey Pond came to California in 1853 as a home missionary. Part of his ministry was spent in the Sierra Nevada, which afforded him opportunity to reflect on the economic and political future of California once the Gold Rush had played out.
