A Days Gone By, Vol. 1: In Contra Costa County California

by Nilda Rego

From the sterling citizen to the foul murderer, from the sublime to the mundane, from the country school teacher to the bare-knuckle fighter, here are the eventful episodes of the life of the Other Coast: train wreck, balloon disaster, social conflict, the fire dancer, the Giant Powder Company -- and Progress. Ordinary people, often doing extraordinary things, just trying to survive.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1889652016
• ISBN13: 9781889652016
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Great West Books
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

California History Comes to Life!

Captivating! A great read for the student of California history or just for fun. Rego has a talent for bringing out the human side of historical events, and has chosen offbeat and exciting stories that give the reader some insight to how life really was back then. Volume 2 is just as good!