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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )California Missions and Presidiosfrom: Voyageur Press  List Price: $29.95 Amazon.com's Price: $19.77 You Save: $10.18 (34%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 979.402 EAN: 9780896584921 ISBN: 0896584925 Label: Voyageur Press Manufacturer: Voyageur Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: November 04, 2005 Publisher: Voyageur Press Studio: Voyageur Press Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: The missions and presidios of California are among the state’s oldest structures and are the most visited historical monuments. These notable buildings are an integral part of California’s history. The state’s recorded history essentially began with the Spanish missions along the ambitious chain of 21 missions on El Camino Real (The Royal Highway) and the men who founded them. The missions and presidios are a fascinating study in contrasts. Varying in size and architecture, churches range from small (at Pala) and modest (at Soledad) to opulent (at San Luis Rey) and elegant (at Santa Barbara.) Yet each represents a pivotal time when the entire western world changed. Politics and ideas redistributed power, and ambitious, independent thinkers formed a new nation. "California Missions and Presidios" is a gorgeous book that presents the history of these intriguing sanctuaries of peace and beauty. The eye-popping photography of Alastair Worden and Randy Leffingwell captures their unique character, while Leffingwell’s accessible text brings to life the overall history of California’s conquest by the Spanish; the construction and operation of the missions, presidios, ranchos, and adobes; and the background of the mission architecture and style. Seemingly unchanged, these missions and presidios have survived the centuries remarkably well—still welcoming visitors as a refuge of serenity and splendor while providing a glimpse into the lives of the spirited pioneers who built these structures and lived and worked there. Average Rating:
 Rating: - A Once-in-a-Lifetime Journey to El Camino Real's Missions, Presidios, and FortsGrowing up in California, I received more than my quota of early California history. I was always impressed that the Spanish sought to establish missions to bring Jesus to the Native Americans as their primary activity in California. That idealistic impulse ended up badly in many cases. Diseases carried by Europeans wiped out over 95 percent of the Native Americans near some of the missions. When the missions were established too close to the presidios and towns, soldiers and civilian ... Read More Rating: - Lush PhotographyOf all the attempts to capture the beauty and rich history of the California Missions, only Leffingwell has succeeded. Over the past 15 years I have visited many of the missions and I always look for a book in the gift shops that shows the wonderful architecture and gardens of the missions, and gives an honest synopsis of the Alta California story. Until now I have found some great historical texts, but none with images worthy of the subject matter. This book has both. It is a coffee table must-have for ... Read More Rating: - A lush guide which offers insights into the architecture and spiritual foundations of over twenty missionsAny interested in the history of missions in general and California's historic missions in particular will find this a lush guide which offers insights into the architecture and spiritual foundations of over twenty missions. These vary from small churches to elegant missions: the construction of each was influenced by local social and political as well as spiritual interests. California Missions And Presidios could have been featured in our Arts or Local History section but also deserves note by any interested ... Read More 
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