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I enjoyed reading this. It covers a few years (approximately 1930 - 1945) in the life of a small town newspaperman. That the small towns were in California made it more interesting to me. He tells a good story of a bygone era; news gathering before cell phones and computers.
 
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MrsLee | otra reseña | Feb 21, 2024 |
Most local histories are pretty dull, unless you actually know the people the author is writing describing. The parts of GHOST TOWNS OF THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS about who built what house where were just as dull as any other local history I have ever read. However in between those parts were some fascinating tales that made wading through the other parts worthwhile. If I had not grown up at the base of the Santa Cruz Mountains I would not have been likely to pick up this book. I spent a good part of my youth camping and hiking in the Santa Cruz Mountains, some of the places that the author mentioned are very familiar to me. I remember hearing that in the 19th Century there were more people living in the Santa Cruz Mountains than there were in the Santa Clara Valley below, now I know why.… (más)
 
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MMc009 | Jan 30, 2022 |
John V. Young's book Hot Type and Pony Wire was an account of his time as a newspaper reporter and editor in the 1930's and early 40s. It was written in 1980 before newspapers big decline began, but after the technology of lead type has been passed over. It was interesting to read it in 2014, at a time when newspapers are fighting for their survival. His account of the Salinas lettuce strike and the beginnings of the Newspaper Guild were a reminder of the hard times working people experienced in the depression years. Lighter parts of the book told about camping trips to the High Sierras, poker games in press rooms and trying to teach a journalism class to college football players you could hardly read, let alone write.… (más)
 
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MMc009 | otra reseña | Jan 30, 2022 |
This booklet was available in truck stops and curio shops around the Southwest in the 1990s, which is where I picked it up. It's a fun read, telling a few short legends about Kokopelli and mentioning various depictions in rock art. It has far more pictures than texts, many of them taken from nineteenth century sources. But unfortunately the booklet has no organizing principle. Also, virtually everything it talks about is presented in a very sketchy, general manner. The booklet describes nothing in depth. One plus, though, is the bibliography, which allows an interested reader to delve deeper. This book is a fun 20 minutes reading, but I would have preferred a more substantial work.… (más)
 
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marc_beherec | otra reseña | Aug 23, 2014 |

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Obras
9
Miembros
163
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#129,735
Valoración
3.2
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5
ISBNs
11

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