The Californians The Best of the West by Bill Pronzini
 
Rousing stories of the myths and men of the Golden State.
 
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The thirteen tales in these pages are told through the eyes of Spanish hildagos, miners, prospectors, settlers, gamblers, law officers, outlaws, soldiers, and a most unconventional gunslinger.  In them you'll visit Los Angeles under Mexican rule, Hollywood in the silent-fil era, the gold camps of the Mother Lode, the vast barren expanse of Death Valley, fog-shrouded San Fransisco Bay, the sttlements and Indian lands near the oregon border, the Panamint and San Beranardino mountains and the High Seierras; you'll witness firsthand the Bear Flag revolt and the Modoc Indian War; and you'll ride with the legendary Zorro on one of his swashbuckling adventures.