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 California Registered Historical Landmark #116 |
Battle of the Crags was fought below Battle Rock in June 1855. This conflict between the Modoc Indians and the settlers resulted from miners destroying the native fishing waters in the lower soda springs area. Settlers led by Squire Ruben Gibson and Mountain Joe Doblondy, with local Indians led by their Chief Weilputus, engaged Modocs, killed their Chief Dorcas Dalla, and dispersed them. Poet Joaquin Miller and other settlers were wounded. NOTE: For a wonderfully comprehensive web site that lists, describes and displays California's Historical Landmarks see: Donald Laird's Landmark Page |
| C. Laird | G. Lambert | A. Lamott | F. Latta | G. Lee |
| H. Lee | L. Levis | J. Lewis | E. Leffland | U. LeGuin |
| H. W. Linsenmeyer | G. Locklin | J. London | R. C. Longtin | A. Lurie |
| M. L. Luther | ||||
| The Chemehuevis | Nonfiction | Malki Museum Press | |
| Encounter With an Angry God | Fiction | Malki Museum Press | |
| Limbo: A Memoir About Life in a Nursing Home by a Survivor | Nonfiction | Novato, CA; Chandler & Sharp Publishers, Inc.(Fifth printing) | 1979 1989 |
| Mirror and Pattern: George Laird's World of Chemehuevi Methology | Nonfiction | ||
| Pilgrim and Stranger |
| The Slide Area | Fiction |
| Crooked Little Heart | Fiction |
| Black Gold in the Joaquin | Nonfiction | ||
| Joaquín Murrieta and His Horse Gangs | Nonfiction |
Author list| China Boy | Fiction |
A legend is a story told by a lot of people. It is about real or presumably real persons, places, or events, and it survives in the memory of the folk because it serves one or more cultural or psychological needs. It may glorify a hero or villain, explain some geographical feature, memoralize an event, or provide a context for wishful thinking. And sometimes, like a ghost story which is a local legend, its function may be primarily to entertain. Hector Lee was a story teller. He brought legendary folk to life in his stories. The legends in his books have their roots in California history or have emerged from the memory of some real person. He exercised the storyteller's privilege of retelling them in his own way. "As a story teller for more years than I can decently lie about, I have found that most people enjoy reading or hearing stories involving a character worth knowing, a theme worth remembering, and a situation fraught with enough suspense to make a narrative worth finishing." Hector Lee leaves a legacy of over 30 years of folklore collectanea in the library at California State University, Sonoma. It is available to the public.  Sample
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| Heroes, Villains and Ghosts | Santa Barbara, CA; Capra Press | 1984 | |
| The Bodega War | Santa Barbara, CA; Capra Press | 1988 | |
| Tales of California |  | | |
Author list| Black Freckles | Fiction |
| The Legend | Fiction |
| Love Out of Season | Fiction | ||
| Rumors of Peace | Fiction |
| Always Coming Home | Fiction |
Helen Walker Linsenmeyer, writer and homemaker, is a native of Southern Illinois. She researched adn wrote From Fingers to Finger Bowls while living and working in Orange County, California in the 1960s and early 1970s.  Sample | |||
| From Fingers to Finger Bowls | Nonfiction | Copley Books San Luis Obispo, CA; EZ Nature | 1972 1990 |
Author list"Gerald Locklin, raised in New York State, has lived in southern California since the early 1960s and is a fixture in the literary scene there. He is, in a sense, a prototypical migrant to a state full of migrants, explaining, 'I became a different writer, a different person, after moving here.' He is among the most widely published poets of his generation and is a noted teacher of creative writing at California State University, Long Beach. Charles Bukowski is a fan of Locklin's writing: asked to explain why, Bukowski says simply, 'He swings from the hip.' Locklin's verse, frequently autobiograpical, is also frequently brilliant.... He has also had novels and stories published that explore the contemporary southland." Sample Story | |||
| Charles Bukowski: A Sure Bet | Nonfiction | Sudbury, Ma; Water Row Press | 1995 |
| The Criminal Mentality | Poetry | ||
| The First Time He Saw Paris | Fiction | ||
| The Gold Rush and Other Stories | Fiction | ||
| Poop and Other Poems | Poetry | ||
| The Toad Poems | Poetry | ||
| The Valley of the Moon | Fiction | ||
| Martin Eden | Fiction |
Author list| Three Writers of the Far West | Nonfiction |
| The Nowhere City | Fiction |
| The Boosters | Fiction |
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