Fresno Historical Society

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1776: The Illustrated Edition
David McCullough
This striking new version of David McCullough’s bestseller brings his riveting account of the year 1776 to life with an amazing array of 140 striking images including maps, portraits, broadsides, newspaper ads, prints, paintings, and letters. Of special note are the vellum envelopes placed throughout the volume holding facsimile reproductions of 37 primary sources. Both a beautiful art book and a collectible archive of documents that illuminate our nation’s beginnings, this volume is a feast for the mind and the eye!

256 pages, Hard Cover
$65.00

The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Jeffrey Toobin
On the New York Times “Best in 2007” list, Jeffrey Toobin’s absorbing book guides the reader through the last 15 years of Supreme Court history by focusing on individual justices. In this thoroughly absorbing ensemble portrait of the Justices, Toobin presents a convincing case that it is not only the law or constitutional theory that govern the Supreme Court but rather the personalities of the nine very individual, political men and women who wear the black robes.

384 pages, Hard Cover
$27.95

Testimonios: Early California Through the Eyes of Women, 1815-1848
Translated with introduction and commentary by Rose Marie Beebe and Robert M. Senkewicz
“Testimonios is a pioneering work of scholarship and critical interpretation by two of the finest Hispanicists active in early California studies. It is also a deeply moving act of liberation in which thirteen women are called forth from the tomb of neglected history so that they might at long last speak to us of their lives and times and the California they helped bring into being.” Kevin Starr, Professor of History, University of Southern California and California State Librarian Emeritus

470 pages, Trade Paper
$18.95

Greetings from Fresno: Vintage Postcards from California’ Heartland
William B. Secrest, Jr.
Over 200 vintage postcards chronicle a myriad of subjects in Fresno County history – events, streetscapes, agriculture, industry, all manner of buildings, advertising promotions, businesses, recreation, county towns, and much more. Reproduced in their original vibrant colors, the pictures provide readers with a wonderful journey through Fresno’s past with an informational caption accompanying each postcard. Author William B. Secrest, Jr. serves as the Fresno County Public Library’s Local History Librarian and selected most of the images from the Library’s extensive Fresno County Postcard Collection.

119 pages, Hard Cover
$26.95

Historical Atlas of California
Derek Hayes
Featuring 500 historical maps and many other illustrations, this lavish volume is the first to tell the story of California from a unique visual perspective. Encompassing five hundred years of history, it offers a compelling look at the transformation of the state from pre-European contact to the present. The maps are accompanied by an engaging narrative and extended captions. This valuable reference book includes many rare and unusual maps and presents a fascinating chronicle of California’s evolution.

256 pages, Hard Cover
$39.95

“He early saw the possibilities of this region and settled down here to make it his home. He deserves the plaudits
of this people . . ."

Fresno Expositor editorial, 1897.