Sponsored by The Book Club of California 6:00 PM - 7:15PM Pacific In-person and virtual presentation 5:30 PM Pacific - Reception 6:00 PM Pacific - Program The late 19th century has been labelled the “Baedeker Era” after the famous series of compact, bright-red travel guides published simultaneously in German, English, and French. The Baedeker guides’ […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2023 Contempo Jo Mora 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM Pacific In-person and virtual Presentation; all are welcome. The creative career of Joseph Jacinto “Jo” Mora (1876-1947) was both compelling and diverse. A painter, muralist, sculptor, building designer, cartographer, actor, set designer, cowboy, and husband and […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Mujeres Hispanas y Tipografía (Hispanic Women and Typography) celebrates the talents and contributions of Hispanic women to design and typography. Showcasing four individual projects created by Laura Meseguer, Marina Garone, Sandra García, Dafne Martínez, and Jimena Gamio, this publication targets tangible topics, such as educational systems, endangered indigenous […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California In Continental Reckoning renowned historian Elliott West presents a sweeping narrative of the American West and its vital role in the transformation of the nation. In the 1840s, by which time the United States had expanded to the Pacific, what would become the West was home to numerous […]
The Book Club of California Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C. Frémont, Kit Carson, and Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger stands out. A mountain man of the American West, straddling the fur trade era and the age of exploration, he lived the life legends are made of. His adventures are fit for remaking into the […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Australia has a long history of fine printing, which is mostly unknown outside of the country itself. ‘Printing is like religion’, acclaimed Australian book artist Alec Bolton once said, ‘We live in sin, but with the hope of perfection before us.’ And while his life circled around books […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Kim Bancroft will discuss the legacy of her great-great-grandparents, H.H. Bancroft, historian of the West and founder of The Bancroft Library at U.C. Berkeley, and his second wife, Matilda Bancroft, a writer and historian in her own right. After marrying H.H. in 1859, Emily wrote voluminous letters from […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1807–90) grew up in Spanish California, became a leading military and political figure in Mexican California, and participated in some of the founding events of U.S. California, such as the Monterey Constitutional Convention and the first legislature. Like many Mexican Californios he lost most of […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Monday Sept. 11, 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM Pacific In-person and virtual presentation 5:30 PM Pacific - Reception 6:00 PM Pacific - Program Diane Power Zimmerman will share highlights from her book Nut Tree: From a California Ranch to a Design, Food, and Hospitality Icon. As the oldest […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Monday Sept. 18, 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM Pacific In-person and virtual presentation 5:30 PM Pacific - Reception 6:00 PM Pacific - Program The Book Club of California | 312 Sutter Street | San Francisco, California 94108 Historian, writer, and collector Hubert Howe Bancroft sold his expansive collection […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California and Litquake 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM Pacific Virtual presentation Before there was such a thing as “California,” there were the People and the Land. Manifest Destiny, the Gold Rush, and settler colonial society drew maps, displaced Indigenous People, and reshaped the land, but they did not make […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California MONDAY, October 30, 2023 The Poison Book Project: Arsenic & Other Heavy Metals in 19th-C. Bookbinding 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Pacific Virtual presentation 5:00 PM Pacific - Program The Poison Book Project investigates potentially toxic pigments used in the manufacture of Victorian-era bookcloth. Lead scientist Dr. Rosie […]