2013 Craven Street Books catalog

2013 Cr aven Str eet Bo o ks Cata l o g

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California Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts

Scandal, Failure, and Madness in the Golden State david kulczyk They call California the Granola State — a place where every inhabitant is a fruit, a flake, or a nut. They don’t get any fruitier, flakier, or nuttier than the deviants, crackpots, and losers profiled in California Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts. A freewheeling catalog of misfits, eccentrics, creeps, criminals, and failed dreamers, California Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts profiles 45 bizarre personalities who exemplify the Golden State’s well-deserved reputation for nonconformity.

California Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts tells the history that gets cleaned out of respectable history books. In these pages, Gold Rush pioneers are revealed as murderous madmen; Hollywood celebrities are shown to be drugaddled sex maniacs; early hippies are just 1950s weirdos; and even seemingly ordinary Californians have a talent for freakish, crazy, and criminal behavior.

From frontier lunatic Grizzly Adams (whose head was one massive wound after multiple bear attacks) to “I Love Lucy” star William Frawley (a racist, misogynist, foul-mouthed drunk) to legendarily awful film director Ed Wood and many more nutjobs and oddballs , California Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts is a side-splitting look at the people who made California the strangest place on earth.

David Kulczyk (pronounced “coal-check”) is a Sacramento-based historian, journalist, and award-winning author of short fiction. Kulczyk’s journalism work has appeared in numerous periodicals, and he is the author of Death in California: The Bizarre, Freakish, and Just Curious Ways People Die in the Golden State and California Justice: Shootouts, Lynchings, and Assassinations in the Golden State, both from Craven Street Books.

6 x 9. PAPER. XXXpp $XX.95. 978-1-610351-XX-X 6 x 9. PAPER. 120 pp. $14.95. 978-1-610351-94-2 MONTH 2012. rIGHTS: WORLD november 2013. rIGHTS: WORLD

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1939

The Greatest Year in Motion Picture History Charles f. adams Film critics and historians are virtually unanimous in considering 1939 the greatest year in the history of motion pictures. This one year produced many of the greatest films of all time, including “Gone with the Wind,” “The Wizard of Oz,” and “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” and marked the height of the careers of such legendary stars as Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, and Judy Garland.

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of this amazing year in Hollywood history, 1939: The Greatest Year in Motion Picture History profiles six of the greatest films of the year: “Gone with the Wind,” “Stagecoach,” “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” and “The Wizard of Oz.” 1939 plunges deep into the reality behind the Hollywood dream factory.

Besides giving a full account of the artistic creation of each film, 1939 also describes the business deals that made each film possible and the Hays Office censorship that mandated careful handling of social and sexual themes — plus the colorful personalities in front and behind the camera and their sometimes disordered personal lives. Hollywood in the 1930s was crass, commercial, restrictive, and frequently dysfunctional — but it produced immensely enjoyable films that are still watched with pleasure today.

The perfect combination of film history, artistic appreciation, historical insight, and gossip, 1939: The Greatest Year in Motion Picture History is a book that no movie fan should miss.

Charles F. Adams spent his career in international marketing, and is the author of a number of books, including Murder by the Bay and The Complete Geezer Guidebook, both available from Quill Driver Books.

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An Artist and a Writer Travel Highway 1 North pat hunter & janice stevens

11 x 8.5. Paper. 120pp. 100 Color Illustrations $21.95 978-1-61035-053-2 Rights: World

The Ethnohistory of the Chowchilla Yokuts

Hands through Stone

robert fletcher manlove, ph.d.

How Clarence Ray Allen Masterminded Murder from Behind Folsom’s Prison Walls james a. ardaiz

6 x 9. Paper. 80pp. 15 Illustrations $19.95 978-1-61035-148-5 Rights: World

6 x 9. Paper. 350pp. $24.95 978-1-61035-129-4 Rights: World

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101 Road Patrol Tales Memoirs of a Chippie of the California Highway Patrol e.w. tompkins 6 X 9. Paper. 240pp. $16.95 978-1-61035-000-6 Rights: World

California Badmen Mean Men With Guns WILLIAM B. SECREST 6 X 9. Paper. 272pp.

950 B & W line art drawings. $15.95 978-1-884995-51-4 Rights: World

50 Unified Years

Building a Tradition of Excellence in Clovis Unified Before, During and After Unification Susan sawyer wise 7 X 10. Hardcover. 238 pp.

77 B & W photos and illus. $24.95 978-1-933502-49-6 Rights: World

California Day of the Grizzly The Exciting, Tragic Story of the Mighty California Grizzly WILLIAM B. SECREST 6 X 9. Hardcover. 350pp. $25.00 978-1-884995-53-8 Rights: World

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Black Bart

Boulevardier Bandit George hoeper 5.5 x 8.5. Paper. 168 pp. $12.95 978-1-933502-49-6 978-1-884995-05-7 Rights: World

California Desperados

Stories of Early California Outlaws in Their Own Words WILLIAM B. SECREST 6 X 9. Paper. 272pp. $15.95 978-1-884995-19-4 Rights: World

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California Disasters 1800–1900 WILLIAM B. SECREST 6 X 9. Paper. 368pp. $15.95 978-1-884995-49-1 Rights: World

The California Snatch Racket

Kidnappings During the Prohibition and Depression Eras James r. smith & w. lane rogers 6 X 9. Paper. 300pp. $16.95 978-1-884995-63-7 Rights: World

California Feuds

California Justice

6 X 9. Paper. 336pp. $15.95 978-1-884995-42-2 Rights: World

6 X 9. Paper. 180pp. $15.95 978-1-884995-54-5 Rights: World

The Castles of the Assassins

Dark and Tangled Threads of Crime

Vengeance, Vendettas & Violence on the Old West Coast WILLIAM B. SECREST

A fascinating exploration of an ancient murderous society Peter Willey 6 X 9. Paper. 328pp.

32 B & W color photos. 11 maps $21.95 978-0-941936-64-4 Rights: North America

Shootings, Lynchings, and Assassinations in the Golden State DAVID KULCZYK

San Francisco’s Famous Police Detective, Isaiah W. Lees

WILLIAM B. SECREST 6 X 9. Paper. 336pp. $15.95 978-1-884995-41-5 Rights: World

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The Fresno Fair

As seen through the Eyes of Claude C. “Pop” Laval ELIZABETH M. LAVAL

Death in California

The Bizarre, Freakish, and Just Curious Ways People Die in the Golden State david kulczyk 6 X 9. Paper. 170pp.

30 B&W photos $15.95 978-1-884995-57-6 Rights: World

Early Valley Treasures

As Seen through the Lens of “Pop” Laval ELIZABETH M. LAVAL 9 X 12. Hardcover. 200pp. $29.95 978-1-884995-47-7 Rights: World

Fresno’s Architectural Past

Fresno’s Architectural Past, Volume II

11 X 8½. Hardcover. 76pp.

Color throughout. $26.95 978-0-941936-97-2 Rights: World.

11 x 8½. Hardcover. 76pp.

70 watercolor illustrations, 1 map, four-color interior $26.95 978-1-933502-13-7 Rights: World

PAT HUNTER AND JANICE STEVENS

10 X 9. Paper. 120pp. $19.95 978-1-884995-48-4 Rights: World

PAT HUNTER AND JANICE STEVENS

Garden of the Sun

A History of the San Joaquin Valley: 1772-1939, 2nd Edition WALLACE SMITH 6 X 9. Hardcover. 858pp.

106 B & W photos. 14 maps. $39.95 978-0-941936-77-4 Rights: World

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Greetings from Fresno

Vintage Postcards from California’s Heartland WILLIAM B. SECREST JR.

The Ghost Detectives’ Guide to Haunted San Francisco

11 x 8½. Hardcover. 120pp.

220 color photos, four-color interior $26.95 978-1-933502-12-0 Rights: World

The True Story of the Search for a Prehistoric Reptile in North India Ralph Izzard

loyd auerbach & annette martin

6 X 9. Paper. 176pp.

23 B & W photos. $19.95 978-0-941936-65-1 Rights: North America

6 X 9. Paper. 142pp.

64 photos. 1 maps. $14.95 978-1-61035-007-5 Rights: World

Legends of the California Banditos WILLIAM B. SECREST 6 X 9. Paper. 248pp. $14.95 978-1-884995-45-3 Rights: World

The Hunt for the Buru

Murder by the Bay

Historic Homicide in and about the City of San Francisco CHARLES F. ADAMS 6 X 9. Paper. 298pp. $14.95 978-1-884995-46-0 Rights: World

Murder in the Garden

Famous Crimes of Early Fresno County Scott Morrison 6 X 9. Paper. 159pp.

56 B & W photos. $16.95 978-0-941936-99-6 Rights: World.

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Murder in the Garden, Volume II More Famous Crimes of Early Fresno County Scott Morrison 6 X 9. Paper. 160pp.

60 B & W photos. $16.95 978-1-884995-62-0 Rights: World.

The Newhall Incident America’s Worst Uniformed Cop Massacre CHIEF JOHN ANDERSON AND MARSH CASSADY 6 X 9. Paper. 192pp. $14.95 978-1-884956-01-0 Rights: World

On the Run

The Life and Adventures of a Fugitive DOUGLAS McHARDIE

From the Life on the Edge Series 5½ X 8½. Paper. 246pp. $14.95 978-0-941936-80-4 Rights: World.

Remembering Cesar Chavez Perilous Trails, Dangerous Men

Early California Stagecoach Robbers and their Desperate Careers, 1856–1900 WILLIAM B. SECREST 6 X 9. Paper. 272pp. $15.95 978-1-884995-24-8 Rights: World

Prodigal Sons

The Violent History of Chris­topher Evans and John Sontag wallace smith 5½ X 8½. Paper. 434pp. B & W photos $18.95 978-0-941936-89-7 Rights: World.

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The Legacy of Cesar Chavez EDITED BY CINDY WATHEN

10½ X 9½ Hardcover. 112pp. $25.00 978-1-884956-11-9 Rights: World

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Remembering the California Missions

San Francisco’s Playland at the Beach

11 X 8½. Hardcover. 130pp.

Color throughout. $26.95 978-1-884995-64-4 Rights: World.

11 X 8.5. Paper. 280 pp.

350 B&W vintage photos. $21.95 978-1-884995-67-5 Rights: World

The Early Years JAMES R. SMITH

PAT HUNTER AND JANICE STEVENS

San Francisco’s Lost Landmarks JAMES R. SMITH

6 X 9. Paper. 298pp. $14.95 978-1-884995-44-6 Rights: World

The San Joaquin

A River Betrayed, Updated Edition GENE ROSE 9 X 11. Hardcover. 192pp. $25.00 978-1-884995-20-0 Rights: World

San Juan Bautista

The Town, the Mission & the Park CHARLES CLOUGH 9 X 11. Paper. 144pp. $18.95 978-1-884995-07-1 Rights: World

The Sands of Tamanrasset

The Story of Charles de Foucauld Marion Mill Preminger 6 X 9. Paper. 279pp.

15 B & W photos. 1 map. $17.95 978-0-941936-75-0 Rights: North America

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CRAVEN STREET books BACKLIST The Sepoy Mutiny: 1857

An Annotated Checklist of English Language Books

The Sepoy Mutiny: 1857

A Shepherd’s Life

Showdown!

6 X 9. Hardcover. 267pp. $49.95 978-1-933502-01-4 Rights: World.

5½ x 8½. Paper. 289pp.

10 B & W illustrations $16.95 978-0-941936-85-9 Rights: World

6 X 9. Paper. 308 pp.

230 B&W photos. $15.95 978-1-884995-65-1 Rights: World.

Six Gun Sound

Ski Tales

Stories of Service

6 X 9. Paper. 166pp.

82 B&W photos. $10.95 978-1-884995-66-8 Rights: World.

7 x 10. Hardcover. 244pp.

163 B&W photos. $24.95 978-1-933502-08-3 Rights: World.

An Annotated Checklist of English Language Books RICHARD SORSKY

The Early History of the Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s Department SVEN A. CrONGEYER 6 X 9. Paper. 250pp.

65 B&W photos. $18.95 978-1-933502-00-7 Rights: World.

Impressions of the South Wilshire Downs W.H. HUDSON

The History of China Peak and Sierra Summit James Benelli

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Lionhearted Lawmen of Old California william b. secrest

Valley Veterans Remember World War II JANICE STEVENS

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Stories of Service: Volume 2:

Valley Veterans Remember World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Cold War JANICE STEVENS 7 x 10. Hardcover. 244pp.

107 B&W photos. $24.95 978-1-61035-005-1 Rights: World.

TimeOut’s Great Baseball Adventure

How Fresno State’s Favorite Bulldog Helped the Diamond Dogs Win the College World Series George takata & marci thiessen 8.5 x 11 Paper. 28pp.

21 B & W photos. 1 map. $19.95 978-1-61035-002-0 Rights: World

Tom Slick

True Life Encounters in Cryptozoology LOREN COLEMAN 5½ x 8. Paper. 240pp.

21 B & W photos. 1 map. $14.95 978-0-941936-74-3 Rights: World

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The Valley’s Legends & Legacies, Volumes III, IV, V, and VI CathY REHART

Each 9 X 6. Paper.

Each $18.95 Vol III: 978-1-884995-18-7 Vol IV: 978-1-884995-21-7 Vol V: 978-1-884995-43-9 Vol VI: 978-1-884995-50-7 Rights: World

Underdogs to Wonderdogs

Fresno State’s Road to Omaha and the College World Series Championship paul loeffler 8½ x 11 Hard cover. 168pp.

200+ color photos. $34.95 978-1-933502-27-4 Rights: World.

Understanding Trees A Guide to Tree Health and Selection in the Central Valley of California JOHN K. PAPE 5½ x 8½. Paper. 111pp.

120 color photos. $19.95 978-1-933502-05-2 Rights: World.

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William Saroyan: Places in Time

PAT HUNTER AND JANICE STEVENS

When the Great Spirit Died

12 X 9. Hardcover. 88pp.

55 watercolor illustrations. $26.95 978-1-933502-24-3 Rights: World

The Destruction of the California Indians, 1850–1860 WILLIAM B. SECREST 6 X 9. Paper. 352pp. $15.95 978-1-884995-40-8 Rights: World

With the Foreign Legion in Syria JOHN HARVEY

5½ X 8½. Paper. 288pp. 1 Map. $14.95 978-0-941936-81-1 Rights: World

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The Wind of Morning

An Autobiography COLONEL SIR HUGH BOUSTEAD 5½ x 8½. Paper.

240pp. 30 B & W photos. 4 maps. $21.95 978-0-941936-70-5 Rights: World.

TITLE INDEX CRAVEN STREET BOOKS 101 Road Patrol Tales............................. 6 E.W. Tompkins 1939.........................................................4 Charles F. Adams 50 Unified Years...................................... 6 Susan Sawyer Wise An Artist and a Writer Travel Highway 1 North................................ 5 Pat Hunter and Janice Stevens Black Bart............................................... 6 George Hoeper California Badmen................................. 6 William B. Secrest California Day of the Grizzly.................. 6 William B. Secrest California Desperados............................ 6 William B. Secrest California Disasters.................................7 William B. Secrest California Fueds..................................... 7 William B. Secrest California Fruits, Flakes and Nuts...........3 David Kulczyk California Justice.................................... 7 David Kulczyk The California Snatch Racket................. 7 James R. Smith & W. Lane Rogers The Castles of the Assassins................... 7 Peter Willey Dark and Tangled Threads of Crime...... 7 William B. Secrest Death in California................................. 8 David Kulczyk The Ethnohistory of the Chowchilla Yokuts.............................. 5 Robert Fletcher Manlove, Ph.D. Early Valley Treasures............................. 8 Elizabeth M. Laval Folsom’s 93............................................33 April Moore The Fresno Fair: As Seen Through the Eyes of Claude C. Laval........................8 Elizabeth M. Laval Fresno’s Architectural Past .................... 8 Pat Hunter and Janice Stevens Fresno’s Architectural Past, Volume II ... 8 Janice Stevens and Pat Hunter Garden of the Sun.................................. 8 Wallace Smith

The Ghost Detectives’ Guide to Haunted San Francisco......................................9 Loyd Auerbach & Annette Martin Greetings from Fresno: Vintage Postcards from California’s Heartland............... 9 William B. Secrest Jr. Hands Through Stone............................ 5 James Ardaiz The Hunt for the Buru............................ 9 Ralph Izzard Legends of the California Banditos........ 9 William B. Secrest Murder By the Bay.................................. 9 Charles F. Adams Murder in the Garden ............................ 9 Scott Morrison Murder in the Garden, Volume 2 ......... 10 Scott Morrison The Newhall Incident........................... 10 Chief John Anderson & Marsha Cassady On the Run .......................................... 10 Douglas McHardie Perilous Trails, Dangerous Men........... 10 William B. Secrest Prodigal Sons....................................... 10 Wallace Smith Remembering Cesar Chavez................ 10 Edited by Cindy Wathen Remembering the California Missions.......................................... 11 Pat Hunter & Janice Stevens San Francisco’s Lost Landmarks.......... 11 James R. Smith San Francisco’s Playland at the Beach.. 11 James R. Smith San Francisco’s Playland: Golden Years.33 James R. Smith The San Joaquin River Betrayed.......... 11 Gene Rose San Juan Bautista: the Town, the Mission & The Park ......................... 11 Charles Clough The Sands of Tamanrasset................... 11 Marion Mill Preminger The Sepoy Mutiny: 1857 ...................... 12 Richard Sorsky A Shepherd’s Life.................................. 12 W.H. Hudson Showdown!........................................... 12 William B. Secrest Six Gun Sound ..................................... 12 Sven A. Crongeyer Ski Tales................................................ 12 Jim Benelli

Stories of Service.................................. 12 Janice Stevens Stories of Service, Volume 2................. 13 Janice Stevens TimeOut’s Great Baseball Adventure.... 13 George Takata & Marci Thiessen Tom Slick: True Life Encounters in Cryptozoology ............................ 13 Loren Coleman Underdogs to Wonderdogs................... 13 Paul Loeffler Understanding Trees.............................13 John K. Pape The Valley’s Legends & Legacies, Vol III. 13 Cathy Rehart The Valley’s Legends & Legacies, Vol IV. 13 Cathy Rehart The Valley’s Legends & Legacies, Vol V. 13 Cathy Rehart The Valley’s Legends & Legacies, Vol VI. 13 Cathy Rehart When the Great Spirit Died ................. 14 William B. Secrest William Saroyan: Places in Time ........ 14 Pat Hunter and Janice Stevens The Wind of Morning ......................... 14 Colonel Sir Hugh Boustead With the Foreign Legion in Syria ....... 14 John Harvey

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