A Companion to California. By James D. Hart. New York:
Oxford University Press, 1978. 504 pages. $22.50.
The author, a professor of American literature at the
University of California, Berkeley, and the Director of the Bancroft Library,
has provided a valuable reference work for the professional historian and the
general reader. The book is a compact compendium of important people, places,
and events in California from 1510 to 1978. Three thousand fully
cross-referenced entries provide data on California cities and counties,
newspapers, missions, flora and fauna, architecture, climate, politics, ethnic
groups, and literature.
