Tamara Venit Shelton is associate professor of history at Claremont McKenna College and author of Herbs and Roots: A History of Chinese Doctors in the American Medical Marketplace and A Squatter’s Republic: Land and the Politics of Monopoly in California, 1850–1900.
In this episode, I interview Nick Neely whose bestselling 2019 book Alta California chronicled his journey to recreate the Portola expedition, that we covered...
We continue the story of California and the Civil War by discussing the fighting in the Southwest.
In today's special interview episode, we explore central valley history with John DeSimone and talk about his new book.