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BOOKS FOR SALE ONLINETo order books, mail a check in the amount of the list price, payable to the City of Ventura to:Olivas Adobe Historical Park, 4200 Olivas Park Drive, Ventura, CA 93003 |
 The House of Olivas: A Family History by Meredith Stevens Paperback 157 pages 8.5" x 5.5" $18.95 (includes mailing and handling) From the Forward by Richard Senate: "The story of the Olivas family is the story of California. ...it is a story of real people who played a part in the history of this great state. It is the record of a single Hispanic family - how they faced the problems of colonization, conquest and, finally, absorption into the predominately Anglo United States of America. With each challenge, members of this family rose above adversity to make a place for themselves and their children." |
 Historic Adobes of Ventura County by Richard Senate Paperback 55 pages 8.5" x 5.5" $11.95 (includes mailing and handling) In earlier times, adobe was a primary building material of the vast southwest. Churches, government buildings, as well as the dwellings of the rich and poor were made of these humble sun-dried earthen bricks. This book describes the heritage of this area's remaining early adobes. These homes were at the heart of a time when rancheros measured their wealth in land and livestock. Mr. Senate takes the reader back to the days of fiestas, fandangos, and the echoes of an earlier time. |
 Legends of Ventura County by Cherie Brant Paperback 63 pages 8.5" x 5.5" $11.95 (includes mailing and handling) What do a floating lighthouse and a captured grizzly bear have in common? Not much, except that they both happened in Ventura County. They are just two of the unusual events, places and people that form the history of this area. This book invites you to take a short trip through time and learn about a few of the strange things that have happened here from pre-history to the present day. |
 Historic Railroads of Ventura County by Cherie Brant Paperback 83 pages 8.5" x 5.5" $11.95 (includes mailing and handling) Rail service was the greatest invention of its time, the modern equivalent of passenger jets, the Internet and overnight package delivery rolled into one. The vision, daring and drive that propelled rail was resident in Ventura County. Writer Cherie Brant courses through three centuries of rail, the people behind its rise and fall and resurgence, and the local revolution that was powered by the locomotive. |
 Erle Stanley Gardner's Ventura by Richard Senate Paperback 96 pages 8.5" x 5.5" $19.00 (includes mailing and handling) Author, lawyer, adventurer, defender of the underdog, all of these descriptions would fit the remarkable Erle Stanley Gardner. And yet, they would leave out so much that made up this unique resident of Ventura County. This book is a study of Ventura's literary gift to the world. It explores how he affected Ventura as a community and how the city affected him as a lawyer and author of the Perry Mason novels. |
 Keys to the County by Cherie Brant Paperback 176 pages 8.5" x 5.5" $16.00 (includes mailing and handling) The purpose of this book is to take the reader firsthand to places that reveal the rich history of Ventura County. Self-directed walking and driving tours guide you to historic locations in every community in the county. As you follow the tours, let your imagination take you back to a time of different sights, sounds, smells and pace of life. Using this book as a guide, you will follow in the footsteps of the natives, settlers, rogues, heroes, visionaries and solid citizens who lived here in earlier times. |
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