“I thought, ‘There’s all kinds of wonderful books on California, but they don’t seem to have the point of view we’re encouraged to look at — the social drama of the imagination,’” Kevin Starr told The Times. Filling this gap would become his life’s work, making him the state’s foremost historian and one of its most revered public intellectuals.” – LA Times
From a bookseller’s point of view, Kevin Starr’s books were the perfect mix of the general and specific. Broader in scope the books called “Californiana”, but organized by a narrower time and theme to be much more useful that an ordinary one-volume history of the state.
Follow this link for a nice remembrance by Peter H. King in today’s LA Times.
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California: A HistoryCalifornia: A History
Author: Starr, Kevin
Modern Library, 2005. First printing thus.
Near fine in dust jacket.
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Shelf Code:07B5
Author: Starr, Kevin
Modern Library, 2005. First printing thus.
Near fine in dust jacket.
Stock number:
U0679642404ISBN-13:
9780679642404 Shelf Code:07B5
$25.00
Sold outHardcover, Used
CaliforniaCalifornia: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)California: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
Author: Starr, Kevin
Modern Library, 2007.
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Shelf Code:07B5
Author: Starr, Kevin
Modern Library, 2007.
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081297753XISBN-13:
97808129775310 Shelf Code:07B5
Dream Endures: California Enters The 1940sDream Endures: California Enters The 1940s
Author: Starr, Kevin
Oxford University Press, 1997. First printing.
Near fine in very good jacket, some creases etc.
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Shelf Code:07B5
Author: Starr, Kevin
Oxford University Press, 1997. First printing.
Near fine in very good jacket, some creases etc.
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U0195100794ISBN-13:
978/195100792 Shelf Code:07B5
Inventing The Dream: California Through the Progessive EraInventing The Dream: California Through the Progessive Era
Author: Starr, Kevin
Oxford University Press, 1985. Second printing.
Very good.
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Shelf Code:07B5
Author: Starr, Kevin
Oxford University Press, 1985. Second printing.
Very good.
Stock number:
U0195042344ISBN-13:
978/195042344 Shelf Code:07B5
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