Download or read book History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties written by J. M. Guinn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties: An Historical Story of the State's Marvelous Growth From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time The value of the data herein presented will grow with the passing years. Posterity will pre serve the volume with care, from the fact that it perpetuates biographical history that otherwise would be wholly lost. In those now far-distant days will be realized, to a greater extent than at the present time, the truth of Macaulay's statement The history of a country is best told in the lives of its people. Chapman publishing company. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.