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39 relations: Ambrose Bierce, Beat Generation, C. S. Forester, California Digital Library, George P. Hammond, George Sterling, Herbert Eugene Bolton, History of California, Hubert Howe Bancroft, Ina Coolbrith, Jack London, James D. Hart, Joan Didion, John Mortimer, KPFA, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Mark Twain, Maxine Hong Kingston, Michael McClure, Pacific coast, Philip Lamantia, Philip Whalen, Phoebe Hearst, Pony Express Bible, Regional Oral History Office, Reuben Gold Thwaites, Rockwell D. Hunt, Rocky Mountains, Rube Goldberg, Salt Lake City, Seán Ó Faoláin, Signature Books, Tebtunis, The San Francisco Call, The San Francisco Examiner, University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, William Everson, William Randolph Hearst.
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – circa 1914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and Civil War veteran.
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Beat Generation
The Beat Generation was a literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-World War II era.
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C. S. Forester
Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 – 2 April 1966), known by his pen name Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester, was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare such as the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic wars.
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California Digital Library
The California Digital Library (CDL) was founded by the University of California in 1997 to take advantage of emerging technologies that were transforming the way digital information was being published and accessed.
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George P. Hammond
George Peter Hammond (September 19, 1896 – December 3, 1993) was an American professor of Latin American studies.
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George Sterling
George Sterling (December 1, 1869 – November 17, 1926) was an American poet and playwright based in California who, during his lifetime, was celebrated on the Pacific coast as one of the great American poets, although he never gained equivalent success in the rest of the United States.
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Herbert Eugene Bolton
Herbert Eugene Bolton (July 20, 1870 – January 30, 1953) was an American historian who pioneered the study of the Spanish-American borderlands and was a prominent authority on Spanish American history.
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History of California
The history of California can be divided into: the Native American period; European exploration period from 1542 to 1769; the Spanish colonial period, 1769 to 1821; the Mexican period, 1821 to 1848; and United States statehood, from September 9, 1850 (in Compromise of 1850) which continues to this present day.
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Hubert Howe Bancroft
Hubert Howe Bancroft (May 5, 1832 – March 2, 1918) was an American historian and ethnologist who wrote, published and collected works concerning the western United States, Texas, California, Alaska, Mexico, Central America and British Columbia.
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Ina Coolbrith
Ina Donna Coolbrith (March 10, 1841 – February 29, 1928) was an American poet, writer, librarian, and a prominent figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary community.
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Jack London
John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist.
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James D. Hart
James David Hart, (April 18, 1911 – 23 July 1990) was an American literary scholar and professor at University of California, Berkeley for fifty-four years.
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Joan Didion
Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American journalist and writer of novels, screenplays, and autobiographical works.
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John Mortimer
Sir John Clifford Mortimer, CBE, QC (21 April 1923 – 16 January 2009) was an English barrister, dramatist, screenwriter, and author.
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KPFA
KPFA (94.1 FM) is a listener-funded talk radio and music radio station located in Berkeley, California, U.S., broadcasting to the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (born March 24, 1919) is an American poet, painter, socialist activist, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers.
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Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.
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Maxine Hong Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston (born Maxine Ting Ting Hong;Huntley, E. D. (2001). Maxine Hong Kingston: A Critical Companion. p. 1. October 27, 1940) is a Chinese American author and Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated with a BA in English in 1962.
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Michael McClure
Michael McClure (born October 20, 1932) is an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist.
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Pacific coast
A country's Pacific coast is the part of its coast bordering the Pacific Ocean.
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Philip Lamantia
Philip Lamantia (October 23, 1927 – March 7, 2005) was an American poet and lecturer.
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Philip Whalen
Philip Glenn Whalen (20 October 1923 – 26 June 2002) was an American poet, Zen Buddhist, and a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance and close to the Beat generation.
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Phoebe Hearst
Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson Hearst (December 3, 1842 – April 13, 1919) was an American philanthropist, feminist and suffragist.
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Pony Express Bible
The Pony Express Bible is a Protestant Bible that was distributed to the Pony Express riders in 1860 and 1861.
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Regional Oral History Office
The Regional Oral History Office (ROHO) is part of The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Reuben Gold Thwaites
Reuben Gold Thwaites (May 15, 1853 – October 22, 1913) was an American historical writer.
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Rockwell D. Hunt
Rockwell Dennis Hunt (1868–1966) was an eminent California historian, a professor at the University of Southern California and the University of the Pacific, and prolific author.
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Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America.
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Rube Goldberg
Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg (July 4, 1883 – December 7, 1970), known best as Rube Goldberg, was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and the most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Utah.
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Seán Ó Faoláin
Seán Proinsias Ó Faoláin (22 February 1900 – 20 April 1991) was an Irish short story writer.
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Signature Books
Signature Books is a press specializing in subjects related to Utah, Mormonism, and Western Americana.
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Tebtunis
Tebtunis was a city in Ancient Egypt.
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The San Francisco Call
The San Francisco Call was a newspaper that served San Francisco, California.
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The San Francisco Examiner
The San Francisco Examiner is a longtime daily newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California.
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University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public research university in Berkeley, California.
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University of Chicago
The University of Chicago (UChicago, U of C, or Chicago) is a private, non-profit research university in Chicago, Illinois.
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William Everson
William "Bill" Everson (September 10, 1912 – June 3, 1994), also known as Brother Antoninus, was an American poet of the San Francisco Renaissance and was also a literary critic, teacher and small press printer.
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William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst Sr. (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American businessman, politician, and newspaper publisher who built the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company Hearst Communications and whose flamboyant methods of yellow journalism influenced the nation's popular media by emphasizing sensationalism and human interest stories.
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