Imagine what we'd think of California if Toshio Mori had never written his gentle short stories about life in Oakland's "Lil' Yokohama." If Walter Nordhoff had never hidden behind his alter-ego Señor Don Juan Obrigon to tell the tale of The Journey of the Flame.
If Bayard Taylor had never transformed his gold rush journalism into the compelling chronicle Eldorado. It's pretty easy to do, of course, since all of these essential works of Californiana have long been out of print. No wonder East Coast elites like Woody Allen think there's no culture here.
We aim to change that perception.
In the spring of 2000 Heyday Books and Santa Clara University formed a novel partnership.
Heyday publisher Malcolm Margolin conceived of a series of reprints, single-author readers, and new anthologies that would bring alive for contemporary readers California's diverse and lively literary and historical heritage.
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Combining the resources of California's oldest university and one of California's most respected publishers, we launched the California Legacy Series, which now has more than thirty books in print. The series both complements and guides the general objective of Santa Clara University’s California Legacy Project (CLP): to raise public awareness and appreciation for our state's cultural legacy and to encourage faculty and students in their creative and scholarly interest in Californian culture.
Event: Latino Literature from California
In the next few years we intend to expand the book series, create more public events, and explore other avenues to bring California's heritage to the widest possible audience. We cordially invite you to be part of that audience as we continue to celebrate our California legacy.
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Terry Beers
Director and Series Editor
California Legacy
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