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Archives of Sexuality & Gender includes gay and lesbian newspapers from more than 35 countries, reports, policy statements, interviews, personal letters, and other documents related to gay rights and health, including the worldwide impact of AIDS. Part of Gale’s Archives of Sexuality & Gender.
Author
Publisher
Knickerbocker Press
Pub. Date
1926.
Language
English
Description
Harris Newmark (1834-1916), son of a modest Prussian Jewish merchant, sailed to America in 1853 to join his older brother in Los Angeles. He made a fortune in real estate, the wholesale grocery business, and hides and wools, becoming a leader in the local Jewish community and the city at large. Sixty years in Southern California (1916) begins with his description of Los Angeles as he found it; judges and lawyers, merchants and shops, churches and...
Author
Publisher
Times-mirror Press
Pub. Date
1927
Language
English
Description
Jackson Alpheus Graves (1852-1933) and his family left Iowa in 1857 for a life as ranchers and farmers in Marysville and San Mateo, California. After graduation from St. Mary's College and a clerkship in a San Francisco law office, Graves moved to Los Angeles in 1875 and became one of the city's leading attorneys and bankers. My seventy years in California (1927) describes Graves's boyhood and education in northern california and Los Angeles as he...
Author
Publisher
Shutterfly
Pub. Date
©2018.
Language
English
Description
"This booklet is a record of the people, places and things that influenced my late childhood, adolescence, and early adult years. It contains memories of the years from 1945-1970, memories that have stuck in my mind after 48 years" -- Introduction.
Author
Publisher
Conquistador Publications
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"They swooped in from above, dropping bombs on German trains, tanks and munitions depots, then strafing whatever was left with their four 50-caliber machine guns under each wing. They were the P-47 Thunderbolts flown by the Hell Hawks of the 365th Fighter Group. One of those Hell Hawks was First Lieutenant Edward J. Lopez, a young Latino pilot from Los Angeles. This is his story, from his days as a scamp sneaking into Hollywood's movie palaces, to...
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