Testimonios: Early California Through the Eyes of Women, 1815-1848This book offers new translations of the interviews and oral history of early Spanish California from the women who were on the ranchos and great estates of the day. These were gathered by two men who worked for historian Hubert Howe Bancroft in the late 19th century. Many of these have never appeared in English and mst have not been seen by anyone other than scholars. They offer a unique view of California |