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A look at what Native American life was like in the Bay Area before the arrival of Europeans. Two hundred years ago, herds of elk and antelope dotted the hills of the San Francisco–Monterey Bay area. Grizzly bears lumbered down to the creeks to fish for silver salmon and steelhead trout. From vast marshlands geese, ducks, and other birds rose in thick clouds “with a sound like that of a hurricane.” This land of “inexpressible fertility,” as one early explorer described it, supported one of the densest Indian populations in all of North America. One of the most ground-breaking and highly-acclaimed titles that Heyday has published, The Ohlone Way describes the culture of the Indian people who inhabited Bay Area prior to the arrival of Europeans. Recently included in the San Francisco Chronicle’s Top 100 Western Non-Fiction list, The Ohlone Way has been described by critic Pat Holt as a “mini-classic.” Praise for The Ohlone Way “[Margolin] has written thoroughly and sensitively of the Pre-Mission Indians in a North American land of plenty. Excellent, well-written.” —American Anthropologist “One of three books that brought me the most joy over the past year.” —Alice Walker “Margolin conveys the texture of daily life, birth, marriage, death, war, the arts, and rituals, and he also discusses the brief history of the Ohlones under the Spanish, Mexican, and American regimes . . . Margolin does not give way to romanticism or political harangues, and the illustrations have a gritty quality that is preferable to the dreamy, pretty pictures that too often accompany texts like this.” —Choice “Remarkable insight in to the lives of the Ohlone Indians.” —San Francisco Chronicle “A beautiful book, written and illustrated with a genuine sympathy . . . A serious and compelling re-creation.” —The Pacific Sun

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Excerpt from The Hand Book to Monterey and Vicinity: Containing a Brief Resume of the History of Monterey Since Its Discovery; A General Review of the Resources and Products of Monterey and the Country; Descriptive Sketches of the Town, and the Points of Interest in the Neighborhood; Carmel Mission and Vall Like a maiden musing sadly o'er her suitors turned away, Long she sat in lonely beauty close beside her crescent bay. Heeding not the world of action that beyond her portals lay; Careless of the strife of nations, living only for to-day. Dreaming of a golden future, while the present drifted by, As a ship becalmed may linger 'neath the storm-cloud in the sky. All her passions wrapped in slumber; slowly through her languid veins Flowed her blood, as in midsummer creeps the stream across the plains. Never lover came to woo her, never woke she from her trance, Like the mystic Sleeping Beauty in the pages of romance. Till the fairy Prince of Progress smiled upon her hidden charms, On her ripe lips quickly kissed her, reached and drew her to his arms. At his touch she slowly started: Indolence her limbs had bound While she lingered, idly dreaming, where the tasseled tree-tops sound; And though heart and soul were eager to accept the proffered love, 'Neath the tyrant's chain they struggled, as the wings of prisoned dove. Not in vain she strives to free them; for, behold! the chain is burst! Aided by the arm of Progress soon the last shall be the first. Soon a queen among the cities that adorn our golden coast Shall she stand, and in her glory, of her noble lover boast. Edwin Emmet Curtis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."