Serra: California Conquistador

This is history. Call it a documentary novel if you like, but not fiction. For here you will find no manufactured plots, no imaginary characters, just the events and men of the California conquest. (But what events! And what men—especially Serra!) All are brought to e as accurately as possible from the facts buried in the diaries, letters and memoirs of the time. These include: The diaries of Father Serra Father Crespi Senor Costans6 (the expedition's mapmaker) Captain Vila (skipper of the San Carlos) Colonel Anza Father Font (chaplain of the Anza expedition) The letters of Father Serra Inspector-General Gaivez Father Palou Commander Portola. Lieutenant (later Governor) Fages Governor Rivera Governor Neve Viceroy Bucareli And a score of others The memoirs of Father Baegert Father Palou (in four volumes) The Life of Fray Junipero Serra by PalOu. (These and others are listed in a formal bibliography at the end of the book.)

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