Craven Street Books spring/fall 2016 catalog

Craven S tr eet B ooks

2016

spring/fall CATALOG

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CRAVEN STREET books new titles

California’s Deadliest Women

Dangerous Dames and Murderous Moms david kulczyk We like to think of women as nurturers, not murderers, but women do kill. California’s Deadliest Women is the definitive guide to the murderesses of the Golden State, a horrifying compendium of women driven to kill by jealousy, greed, desperation, or their own inner demons. From Brynn Hartman, who killed her husband, comedian Phil Hartman, to chemist Larissa Shuster, who dissolved her husband in acid, to dominatrix Omaima Aree Nelson, who cooked and ate her husband, the 28 women profiled in California’s Deadliest Women show that the fairer sex can be as evil—and as deadly—as any man.

6 X 9. PAPER. 140 pp. $14.95. 978-1-61035-280-2 september 2016. rIGHTS: WORLD

Walking San Francisco’s 49 Mile Scenic Drive

Explore the Famous Sites, Neighborhoods, and Vistas in 17 Enchanting Walks kristine poggioli and carolyn eidson Walking San Francisco’s 49 Mile Scenic Drive shows how walking—rather than driving—San Francisco’s famous scenic route gives you an active, fun way to enjoy and fall in love with the most beautiful city in the world. Get to know the City by the Bay with 17 bite-size walks, each complete with turn-by-turn instructions, maps, and historical facts and information.

The book is written by two San Francisco “insiders,” and along with the 17 well-crafted primary walks, the book also offers fantastic bonus hikes through beaches, parks, stunning oceanside cliffs, and historic neighborhoods.

6 X 9. paper. 180 pp. $18.95. 978-1-61035-279-6 november 2016. rIGHTS: WORLD

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When San Francisco Burned

A Photographic Memoir of the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 doug gist When San Francisco Burned presents for the first time the photographs that young man, Louis P. Selby, took of the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906.

These amazingly detailed and dramatic photographs show the earthquake and its aftermath from a street-level perspective, giving readers an unprecedented look at what it was really like to be in San Francisco during those terrible days.

These unique, never-before-published photographs show the horrors of the earthquake and fire—and the stubborn resistance of the people of San Francisco—like you’ve never seen them before. An invaluable addition to the historical record, When San Francisco Burned is a must-have book for anyone who loves San Francisco and its history.

11 x 8.5 (landscape). PAPER. 140 pp. $21.95. 978-1-61035-245-1 rIGHTS: WORLD

Choose Your Weapon

The Duel in California, 1847–1861 Christorpher burchfield Choose Your Weapon: The Duel in California, 1847–1861 describes in graphic detail the major figures, causes, and means by which the Golden State’s 75 “affairs of honor” of that timeframe were fought. Choose Your Weapon provides readers with an invaluable historical primer on California’s Golden Era, as well as the tumultuous temperament of its pioneer politicians and newspaper editors.

6 X 9. PAPER. 260 pp. $16.95. 978-1-61035-277-2 october 2016. rIGHTS: WORLD

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CRAVEN STREET BOOKS recently published

An Artist and a Writer Travel Highway 1 Central Pardon My Hearse

A Colorful Portrait of Where the Funeral and Entertainment Industries Met in Hollywood allan abbot, greg abbott

Pat Hunter and Janice Stevens 11 x 8.5 (landscape).

HARDCOVER 132 pp. Beautiful watercolor images. $26.95.

978-1-61035-219-2 Rights: World

6 x 9. PAPER. 288 pp $16.95.

978-1-61035-248-2 Rights: World

Behind San Quentin’s Walls The History of California’s Legendary Prison and Its Inmates, 1851-1900 William b. secrest 6 x 9. PAPER. 281 pp. $18.95.

978-1-61035-221-5 Rights: World

Fresno Growing Up

A City Comes of Age: 1945-1985 stephen h. provost 11 x 8.5 (landscape). HARDCOVER 230 pp. 146 image. Colorwell. $24.95.

978-1-61035-250-5 Rights: World

California Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts

Scandal, Failure, and Madness in the Golden State david kulczyk 6 x 9. PAPER. 120 pp. $14.95.

978-1-61035-194-2 Rights: World

A Cross of Thorns

The Enslavement of California’s Indians by the Spanish Missions elias castillo 6 x 9. HARDCOVER. 240 pp. $19.95.

978-1-61035-242-0 Rights: World

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CRAVEN STREET books BACKLIST

An Artist and a Writer Travel Highway 1 North 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

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

1939

The Making of Six Great Films from Hollywood’s Greatest Year Charles f. adams 6 x 9. PAPER. 260pp $16.95.

pat hunter & janice stevens

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

978-1-610351-97-3 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

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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

CRAVEN STREET books BACKLIST 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

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

California Feuds

Vengeance, Vendettas & Violence on the Old West Coast WILLIAM B. SECREST 6 X 9. Paper. 336pp. $15.95 978-1-884995-42-2 Rights: World

California Justice

Shootings, Lynchings, and Assassinations in the Golden State DAVID KULCZYK 6 X 9. Paper. 180pp. $15.95 978-1-884995-54-5 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

The Castles of the Assassins

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

Dark and Tangled Threads of Crime 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

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

The Ethnohistory of the Chowchilla Yokuts

9 X 12. Hardcover. 200pp. $29.95 978-1-884995-47-7 Rights: World

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

As Seen through the Lens of “Pop” Laval ELIZABETH M. LAVAL

robert fletcher manlove, ph.d.

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The Fresno Fair

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

Folsom’s 93

The Lives and Crimes of Folsom Prison’s Executed Men April Moore

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

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

PAT HUNTER AND JANICE STEVENS 11 X 8½. Hardcover. 76pp.

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

Fresno’s Architectural Past, Volume II

6 x 9. PAPER. 275 pp. 99 photos $16.95.

978-1-610351-72-0 Rights: World

Garden of the Sun

Fresno’s Architectural Past

PAT HUNTER AND JANICE STEVENS

11 x 8½. Hardcover. 76pp.

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

The Ghost Detectives’ Guide to Haunted San Francisco loyd auerbach & annette martin 6 X 9. Paper. 142pp.

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

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Greetings from Fresno

Vintage Postcards from California’s Heartland WILLIAM B. SECREST JR. 11 x 8½. Hardcover. 120pp.

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

CRAVEN STREET books BACKLIST

Hands through Stone How Clarence Ray Allen Masterminded Murder from Behind Folsom’s Prison Walls james a. ardaiz 6 x 9. Paper. 350pp. $24.95 978-1-61035-129-4 Rights: World

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

The Hunt for the Buru

The True Story of the Search for a Prehistoric Reptile in North India Ralph Izzard 6 X 9. Paper. 176pp.

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

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

Murder in the Garden

Murder in the Garden, Volume II

Scott Morrison

Scott Morrison

6 X 9. Paper. 159pp.

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

6 X 9. Paper. 160pp.

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

Famous Crimes of Early Fresno County

More Famous Crimes of Early Fresno County

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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

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.

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.

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

Remembering Cesar Chavez

Remembering the California Missions

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

11 X 8½. Hardcover. 130pp.

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

The Legacy of Cesar Chavez EDITED BY CINDY WATHEN

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PAT HUNTER AND JANICE STEVENS

CRAVEN STREET books BACKLIST 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 Francisco’s Playland at the Beach The Early Years JAMES R. SMITH

San Francisco’s Lost Landmarks JAMES R. SMITH

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

11 X 8.5. Paper. 152 pp.

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

San Francisco’s Playland at the Beach The Golden Years JAMES R. SMITH

11 X 8.5. Paper. 1520 pp.

320 B&W vintage photos, plus color. $22.95 978-1-61035-193-5 Rights: World

A Shepherd’s Life

Impressions of the South Wilshire Downs W.H. HUDSON 5½ x 8½. Paper. 289pp.

10 B & W illustrations $16.95 978-0-941936-85-9 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 Sepoy Mutiny: 1857

An Annotated Checklist of English Language Books RICHARD SORSKY 6 X 9. Hardcover. 267pp. $49.95 978-1-933502-01-4 Rights: World.

Showdown!

The Sands of Tamanrasset

6 X 9. Paper. 308 pp.

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

6 X 9. Paper. 279pp.

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

Lionhearted Lawmen of Old California william b. secrest

The Story of Charles de Foucauld Marion Mill Preminger

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CRAVEN STREET books BACKLIST Stories of Service

Valley Veterans Remember World War II JANICE STEVENS 7 x 10. Hardcover. 244pp.

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

Stories of Service: Volume 2: Six Gun Sound

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.

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

Ski Tales

The History of China Peak and Sierra Summit James Benelli 6 X 9. Paper. 166pp.

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

CRAVEN STREET books BACKLIST 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.

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.

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

When the Great Spirit Died

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

William Saroyan: Places in Time

PAT HUNTER AND JANICE STEVENS 12 X 9. Hardcover. 88pp.

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

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.

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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TITLE INDEX CRAVEN STREET BOOKS 101 Road Patrol Tales..................................... 6 E.W. Tompkins 199...................................................................6 Charles F. Adams An Artist and a Writer Travel Highway 1 Central......................................... 5 Pat Hunter and Janice Stevens An Artist and a Writer Travel Highway 1 North........................................... 6 Pat Hunter and Janice Stevens Behind San Quentin’s Walls.............................5 William B Secrest Black Bart........................................................6 George Hoeper California Badmen..........................................6 William B. Secrest California Day of the Grizzly...........................6 William B. Secrest California’s Deadliest Women........................ 3 David Kulczyk California Desperados.................................... 7 William B. Secrest California Disasters.........................................7 William B. Secrest California Fueds............................................. 7 William B. Secrest California Fruits, Flakes and Nuts...................5 David Kulczyk California Justice.............................................7 David Kulczyk The California Snatch Racket......................... 7 James R. Smith & W. Lane Rogers The Castles of the Assassins........................... 6 Peter Willey Choose Your Weapon...................................... 4 Christopher Burchfield A Cross of Thorns...........................................5 Elias Castillo Dark and Tangled Threads of Crime.............. 6 William B. Secrest Death in California......................................... 7 David Kulczyk Early Valley Treasures..................................... 8 Elizabeth M. Laval The Ethnohistory of the Chowchilla Yokuts...........................................7 Robert Fletcher Manlove, Ph.D. Folsom’s 93......................................................4 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 Fresno Growing Up ........................................ 5 Stephen H. Provost

Garden of the Sun.......................................... 8 Wallace Smith The Ghost Detectives’ Guide to Haunted San Francisco.................................................8 Loyd Auerbach & Annette Martin Greetings from Fresno: Vintage Postcards from California’s Heartland........................... 8 William B. Secrest Jr. Hands Through Stone.................................... 4 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 ................... 9 Scott Morrison The Newhall Incident................................... 10 Chief John Anderson & Marsha Cassady On the Run ................................................. 10 Douglas McHardie Pardon My Hearse......................................... 5 Allan Abbott and Greg Abbott 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 ......................................................10 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.........11 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

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Stories of Service, Volume 2......................... 12 Janice Stevens TimeOut’s Great Baseball Adventure............ 12 George Takata & Marci Thiessen Tom Slick: True Life Encounters in Cryptozoology ........................................ 12 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 Walking San Francisco’s 49 Mile Scenic Drive ...............................................................3 Kristine Poggioli and Carolyn Eidson When San Francisco Burned ..........................4 Doug Gist When the Great Spirit Died ......................... 13 William B. Secrest

William Saroyan: Places in Time ......... 13 Pat Hunter and Janice Stevens The Wind of Morning .......................... 13 Colonel Sir Hugh Boustead With the Foreign Legion in Syria ........ 13 John Harvey