Forgotten Pioneers

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Forgotten Pioneers is written by Thomas F. Prendergast and published by The Minerva Group, Inc.. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0898753902 (ISBN 10) and 9780898753905 (ISBN 13).

This is a comprehensive look at the Irish in Northern California from 1835 to 1900. Filled with anecdotes and insider history - this book is a unique piece of California history. The title, Forgotten Pioneers, embodies only half a truth in its application to the subject --- those early settlers in the wilderness of California, men of Irish birth or ancestry who contributed lavishly toward laying the foundations of a new commonwealth on the Pacific. It is the purpose of this book to reinstate in the rank where they belong, some, at least, of these overlooked men "whose character and achievement entitle them to the highest place in the respect and esteem of the people."