BEAR FLAG RISING.
The Conquest of California, 1846. Pp. 320, 3 text illustrations (portraits), double page map, bibliography, index; post 8vo; dust wrapper, lower edge a trifle worn; Tom Doherty Associates,New York, 1999. *The history of California from the Indians, Mexico's neglectful rule and the battles leading to America's ownership (wrapper blurb). More