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Reader Reviews:
- Wealth of information in this publication. Great publication for finding places to go in the Bay Area. Pleased to have also bought a copy for my son and grandkids.
- You have done a beautiful job with this. I can’t believe you really went to all these places yourself!
- I didn’t even know our town had a museum until I read your book!
- Thank you for writing this, you really described our historical site well. This will definitely help draw in more visitors.
Fully updated with new museum and historical site listings.
New full-color edition available! Many new pictures are included.
Click keynote below to hear author Richard Di Giacomo giving the keynote address at the annual conference of the California Council for the Promotion of History at Monterey, California on October 4, 2015. In the talk, he explains how he researched the book, and why it is so useful to travelers, history buffs, parents, and educators.
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ISBN-13: 978-0-9853006-7-8 $20
Table of Contents:
ISBN-13: 978-1532943195 $25
Introduction
The San Francisco Bay Area Before Spanish Contact
The Spanish and Mexican Periods
The Gold Rush Era
Settlers From Around the World
World War One and the Early Twentieth Century
World War Two
The Cold War and the Postwar Boom
From the Counter Culture to Silicon Valley and Beyond
Museums and Historical Sites Listed by Category
Individual Museum Listings
Conclusion
Bibliography
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and at the following fine historical sites:
Oakland Museum of California, Wings of History Museum, Morgan Hill Historical Society, Sunnyvale Heritage Park, Hiller Aviation Museum, Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum, Red Oak Victory Ship, Morgan Hill Historical Society, Pittsburgh Historical Museum, Pleasanton Museum on Main, Monterey County Agricultural Life Museum, Los Altos Historical Museum, San Mateo County History Museum, the Steinbeck House, San Lorenzo Valley Museum, the Harris-Lass House, The Berkeley Historical Society, and San Francisco Rail Museum.