It's a done deal! I signed a contract today with Caxton Press to publish When The Basques Ruled California.
This book is an historical accounting of the era from 1784-1834 in California. While researching my last book Lands Never Trodden - The Franciscans and the California Missions, I uncovered an interesting fact. During that time, almost without interruption, positions of power in what was then known as Alta California were almost all held by people from the Basque provinces of Spain, or people of Basque descent. The Father President of the California Missions, The Governor of California, The Viceroy of New Spain, and the Commanders of various presidios were all Basque.
They put their very decided stamp on the territory when huge decisions were being made with regards to the future of the state, and in particular the future of the Native Californians who had been so impacted by the Spanish conquest.
This book will chronicle a very little known period of history from a very little known group of people When The Basques Ruled California.
It should be released next spring. In time for Jaialdi Boise!!
Watch this space for further development
This book is an historical accounting of the era from 1784-1834 in California. While researching my last book Lands Never Trodden - The Franciscans and the California Missions, I uncovered an interesting fact. During that time, almost without interruption, positions of power in what was then known as Alta California were almost all held by people from the Basque provinces of Spain, or people of Basque descent. The Father President of the California Missions, The Governor of California, The Viceroy of New Spain, and the Commanders of various presidios were all Basque.
They put their very decided stamp on the territory when huge decisions were being made with regards to the future of the state, and in particular the future of the Native Californians who had been so impacted by the Spanish conquest.
This book will chronicle a very little known period of history from a very little known group of people When The Basques Ruled California.
It should be released next spring. In time for Jaialdi Boise!!
Watch this space for further development
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