LOVE STORIES OF OLD CALIFORNIA

These were fascinating reading, for anyone susceptible to the unique glamor of California's early history. Here are true love stories, from the story of Dona Maria, who went with the Anza expedition, and stayed on at San Gabriel; to Lola, Montez, Bandit Joaquin -- and Robert Louis Stevenson! The stories reveal a California of multiple personalities, races, creeds and points of view; almost every story fulfills its role as a love story, and together they make a colorful panel in history.