Friends of the Library present a pictorial history of Round Valley:
"These pictures show not only people, but a historical recording of the times
and lives of these pioneer people, both Native American and European. Highly
recommended!"
--Kevin Starr, California State Librarian
FAMILIES
A Pictorial History of Round Valley, 1864 to 1938
by local authors Elmer Bauer and Floyd Barney
The people of this remote mountain valley have learned to live with isolation,
hard winters, racial tensions, and how to get along on less of almost
everything but wildlife and natural beauty. We owe the existence of this book
to the vision of one man. Elmer Bauer was determined to show that despite their
differences the people of Round Valley have lived, raised their children, and
died here for generations- Native Americans for many hundreds of generations,
whites for six of them. Making no claim for historical detail, this book offers
the reader the photographic evidence- and some of the stories they told
themselves along the way- to demonstrate how people of diverse origins have
come together to make a life.
Asked if he was bitter about the past, he said, "No man is my enemy. The country
then was like a young buck shaking his horns and seeing fight everywhere. And
everybody wanted the land, the ones that were here and the ones that came in.
What was right? If you have to say what was right and what was wrong, then you
have to think who was right and who was wrong. I don't like that. I like people
to be the way they are."
--From an interview with "Uncle Jim", born December 25, 1862
This 352 page book contains over 1400 photographs as well as unique stories and
selected newspaper articles from the time period. An extensive index and
cemetery record will aid readers in researching past generations of families- a
must for historians and geneologists!
The Special Hardcover Limited Edition is cloth covered and foil stamped and
includes dust jacket, available only to the first 700 orders.
The Softcover Edition reproduces the cover design on durable white cover stock.
