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In The Footprints Of The Padres

The American Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909) wrote travel books quite popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This third enlarged edition (1912) of his book more about California in general, in historia, and in memoria rather than her missions contains essays not included in the previous editions. “Charles Warren Stoddard was possessed of unique literary gifts that were all his own. These gifts shine out in the pages of this book. Here we find that mustang humor of his forever kicking its silver heels with the most upsetting suddenness into the honeyed sweetness of his flowing poetry. Here, too, we find that gift of word-painting which makes all his writings a brilliant gallery of rich-hued and soft-lighted wonder…. But no, the old California that Stoddard loved lives on, and will, because he caught and preserved its spirit and its coloring, its light and life and music. As the redwood thicket holds the sunlight, so do Stoddard's words keep bright and living, though viewed through a mist of tears, the California of other days.” ( Book Introduction and David Wales)

Year of Publication: 1912Genres: Early Modern , Travel & Geography , Modern (19th C)

Running Time: 07 hours 31 minutes 26 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Introduction And Introductory Poem David Wales	10:03
2	Old Days In El Dorado - 1. "Strange Countries for to See" David Wales	15:16
3	Old Days In El Dorado - 2. Crossing the Isthmus David Wales	14:36
4	Old Days In El Dorado - 3. Along the Pacific Shore David Wales	14:11
5	Old Days In El Dorado - 4. In the Wake of Drake David Wales	16:13
6	Old Days In El Dorado - 5. Atop o' Telegraph Hill David Wales	16:04
7	Old Days In El Dorado - 6. Pavement Pictures David Wales	13:22
8	Old Days In El Dorado - 7. A Boy's Outing David Wales	13:46
9	Old Days In El Dorado - 8. The Mission Dolores David Wales	16:05
10	Old Days In El Dorado - 9. Social San Francisco David Wales	17:52
11	Old Days In El Dorado - 10. Happy Valley David Wales	14:53
12	Old Days In El Dorado - 11. The Vigilance Committee David Wales	12:27
13	Old Days In El Dorado - 12. The Survivor's Story David Wales	14:47
14	A Bit of Old China David Wales	34:53
15	With the Egg-Pickers of the Farallones David Wales	22:04
16	A Memory of Monterey David Wales	47:27
17	In a Californian Bungalow David Wales	25:52
18	Primeval California David Wales	23:59
19	Inland Yachting David Wales	26:27
20	In Yosemite Shadows David Wales	33:21
21	An Affair of the Misty City - 1. What the Moon Shone on David Wales	16:25
22	An Affair of the Misty City - 2. What the Sun Shone on David Wales	6:28
23	An Affair of the Misty City - 3. Balm of Hurt Wounds David Wales	14:52
24	An Affair of the Misty City - 4. By the World Forgot David Wales	10:03