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Pioneer Jews
A New Life in the Far West
Harriet Rochlin

Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California
Frances Dinkelspiel

California Vines, Wines and Pioneers
Sherry Monahan

The Big Spenders: The Epic Story of the Rich Rich, the Grandees of America and the Magnificoes, and How They Spent Their Fortunes
Lucius Beebe

Cosmopolitans: A Social and Cultural History of the Jews of the San Francisco Bay Area
Fred Rosenbaum

Women Trailblazers of California: Pioneers to the Present
Gloria G. Harris

In Their Own Words: Letters from Norwegian Immigrants

Immigration at the Golden Gate: Passenger Ships, Exclusion, and Angel Island
Robert Eric Barde

Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain
Russell Freedman

The Immigrant and the University: Peder Sather and Gold Rush California
Karin Sveen

John Bidwell and California: The Life and Writings of a Pioneer, 1841-1900
Michael J. Gillis

San Francisco History Books

Cultural Frontiers

The Oxford History of the American Wes
Clyde A. Milner