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ISBN 978-0-9678204-2-2 $24.95 Trade
paper edition ISBN 978-0-9678204-3-9 $39.95 Cloth
edition Richard Brennaman, Berkeley
Daily Planet Malcolm Margolin, founder
Heyday Books
Harlan
Kessel,
Alameda County Historical Society
Treat yourself to what is probably the most
enjoyable California historical joyride of the decade.
David
Crosson,
Executive Director, California Historical Society
All modesty
aside, we common sort can be
pretty
fascinating. If you want proof of this simple truth, all you have to do
is pick up Richard Schwartz's collection of stories on Berkeley... In
this small book of stories
on a single community, Schwartz touches all of the abstract themes that
you will find in grand histories: class struggle, ethnic conflicts,
economic greed, and political intrigue.
...a guiltless
pleasure, a delightful collection of
tales about some of the city's most fascinating and wrongly forgotten
characters...approaching his discipline with
both passion and rigor and crafting his words with affection and humor
coupled with the more orthodox demands of accuracy and
attribution...Infectious enthusiasm combined with the larger-than-life
natures of many of the characters he profiles prove an irresistable
combination.
Combining the research skills
of a careful
historian with the flair of a yarn-spinner, Richard Schwartz brings
early Berkeley alive with such vibrancy and immediacy that you might
imagine he had witnessed it first-hand...informative, engaging,
ultimately thought- provoking exploration of our Berkeley roots!
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