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