About the Author

Glenn S. Dumke was a member of the history faculty at Occidental College from 1940 to 1950. In 1957 he became president of San Francisco State College, and in 1962 he was selected as chancellor of the California State Colleges. He was the editor of "Mexican Gold Trail," co-author of "A History of the Pacific Area in Modern Times," and editor of a revised edition of Robert G. Cleland's "From Wilderness to Empire."