Ramona Memories: Tourism and the Shaping of Southern California

by Dydia DeLyser

Book Overview

The most important woman in the history of southern California never lived. The eponymous heroine of Helen Hunt Jackson's popular 1884 novel Ramona, a half-Indian beauty raised on a wealthy Mexican rancho, nonetheless left an indelible imprint on southern California's landscape. Within a year of its publication, landmarks identified with Ramona's fictional life - her birthplace, her home, the site of her wedding, and her grave - became important,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816645728
• ISBN13: 9780816645725
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"