CALIFORNIA: The Irish Dream by Dowling, Patrick J - 1988

San Francisco: Golden Gate Publishers, 1988 Stated 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Fine in NF jacket. Dowling brings to life the "panorama of Irish reams" - the Irish settlement in California from the 18th-century Spanish pueblos to the boom days of the early 20th century. Colorful biographies of such prominent Irish Americans as Governor John Gately Downey, Senator John Conness, rebel Thomas Henry Dowling, suffragette Kate Kennedy, Bishop Manogue, tycoon James Phelan and more. Generously illustrated with black and white maps, vintage photos and reproductions. A FINE COPY- clean, bright, totally unmarked and tightly bound, in intact dust jacket (flaps are not clipped although price was not printed on jacket). Text pages are crisp and "as new", the green cloth cover also fine. The spine of the dust jacket is slightly color faded but otherwise the jacket is complete and fine. It is in a clear protective cover. Binding tight, book square. 6 x 9-1/4"; xxxi + 429 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.