Docent Library Corner
Alas, our little library is closed due to the Coronavirus, but that does not mean that docents can’t do some reading about California history! Here is a list of book recommendations to keep you busy for a few more cloistered months. With the exception of On A Mission, all are available through the Sonoma County Library. Some are available online as ebook and/or audiobook – download and enjoy!:
On A Mission, by Janet Dowling Sands (History and Travel Guide to CA Missions)
Signed copies available in Barracks Gift Store ($19.95)
Pioneer Sonoma, by Robert Parmelee,
Two Years Before the Mast, by Richard Henry Dana
Chief Marin: Leader, Rebel, and Legend by Betty Goerke
General Vallejo and the Advent of the Americans, by Alan Rosenus
Men to Match My Mountains , by Irving Stone
The Ohlone Way, by Malcolm Margolin
So Far From Home: Russians in Early California by Glenn Farris
Testimonios: Early California Through the Eyes of Women, 1815-1848 by Rose Marie Beebe
Vallejo and the Four Flags, by Esther Comstock
What I Saw in California, by Edwin Bryant
Year of Decision, 1846, by Bernard Devoto
Bear Flag Rising, by Dale Walker
Imperfect Union, by Steve Inskeep
The Sonoma Mission, by Robert Smilie