About the Author

Mark A Eifler

Reviews

"Eifler has created a useful, interesting, highly detailed, and scholarly examination of early community formation in California."

"This book makes a valuable contribution to the literature of the American West. It draws on a wealth of manuscript collections and primary sources and an abundance of secondary works."

"Eifler tells a lively and illuminating tale of Sacramento's transition from a mining town to a great Western city."