03249oam 22008054a 450 991079444170332120230719181533.01-4962-2550-3(CKB)4100000011759597(MiAaPQ)EBC6476423(OCoLC)1237525825(MdBmJHUP)muse93308(EXLCZ)99410000001175959720200522d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBackcountry GhostsCalifornia Homesteaders and the Making of a Dubious Dream /Josh SidesLincoln, NE :University of Nebraska Press,[2021]©[2021]1 online resource (249 pages) illustrations1-4962-1321-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Not much else beside -- A country of plantations and estates -- Instant relics -- Hard-bitten country -- Violent paradise -- Swindles and salvation in the Antelope Valley -- Mexican lands in Mexican hands -- Floods and utopias -- Taming the California desert -- Imperial Valley dreams -- Crashing the orange gates -- Exacting lives in the breadbasket -- The rarified Bay Area -- Among the trees of the North Coast -- Under the shadow of Mount Lassen -- Conclusion: Remembering homesteading -- Appendix: Number of homesteads per county per year."Josh Sides tells the remarkable stories of homesteaders in California, both those who succeeded and those who did not"--Provided by publisher.Ranchersfast(OCoLC)fst01089749Pioneersfast(OCoLC)fst01064447Land tenurefast(OCoLC)fst00991362Land settlementfast(OCoLC)fst00991305Homestead lawfast(OCoLC)fst00959649Frontier and pioneer lifefast(OCoLC)fst00935370Farmersfast(OCoLC)fst00921321CaliforniaRural conditionsFrontier and pioneer lifeCaliforniaHomestead lawCaliforniaHistoryLand tenureCaliforniaHistoryFarmersCaliforniaBiographyRanchersCaliforniaBiographyPioneersCaliforniaBiographyLand settlementCaliforniaHistoryCaliforniafastCaliforniaHistory, LocalLocal history.History.Biographies.Ranchers.Pioneers.Land tenure.Land settlement.Homestead law.Frontier and pioneer life.Farmers.CaliforniaRural conditions.Frontier and pioneer lifeHomestead lawHistory.Land tenureHistory.FarmersRanchersPioneersLand settlementHistory.979.4Sides Josh1972-1463911MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910794441703321Backcountry Ghosts3673427UNINA