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California Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts
Scandal, Failure, and Madness in the Golden State david kulczyk They call California the Granola State — a place where every inhabitant is a fruit, a flake, or a nut. They don’t get any fruitier, flakier, or nuttier than the deviants, crackpots, and losers profiled in California Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts. A freewheeling catalog of misfits, eccentrics, creeps, criminals, and failed dreamers, California Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts profiles 45 bizarre personalities who exemplify the Golden State’s well-deserved reputation for nonconformity. California Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts tells the history that gets cleaned out of respectable history books. In these pages, Gold Rush pioneers are revealed as murderous madmen; Hollywood celebrities are shown to be drugaddled sex maniacs; early hippies are just 1950s weirdos; and even seemingly ordinary Californians have a talent for freakish, crazy, and criminal behavior. From frontier lunatic Grizzly Adams (whose head was one massive wound after multiple bear attacks) to “I Love Lucy” star William Frawley (a racist, misogynist, foul-mouthed drunk) to legendarily awful film director Ed Wood and many more nutjobs and oddballs , California Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts is a side-splitting look at the people who made California the strangest place on earth. David Kulczyk (pronounced “coal-check”) is a Sacramento-based historian, journalist, and award-winning author of short fiction. Kulczyk’s journalism work has appeared in numerous periodicals, and he is the author of Death in California: The Bizarre, Freakish, and Just Curious Ways People Die in the Golden State and California Justice: Shootouts, Lynchings, and Assassinations in the Golden State, both from Craven Street Books.
6 x 9. PAPER. XXXpp $XX.95. 978-1-610351-XX-X 6 x 9. PAPER. 120 pp. $14.95. 978-1-610351-94-2 MONTH 2012. rIGHTS: WORLD november 2013. rIGHTS: WORLD
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1939
The Greatest Year in Motion Picture History Charles f. adams Film critics and historians are virtually unanimous in considering 1939 the greatest year in the history of motion pictures. This one year produced many of the greatest films of all time, including “Gone with the Wind,” “The Wizard of Oz,” and “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” and marked the height of the careers of such legendary stars as Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, and Judy Garland. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of this amazing year in Hollywood history, 1939: The Greatest Year in Motion Picture History profiles six of the greatest films of the year: “Gone with the Wind,” “Stagecoach,” “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” and “The Wizard of Oz.” 1939 plunges deep into the reality behind the Hollywood dream factory. Besides giving a full account of the artistic creation of each film, 1939 also describes the business deals that made each film possible and the Hays Office censorship that mandated careful handling of social and sexual themes — plus the colorful personalities in front and behind the camera and their sometimes disordered personal lives. Hollywood in the 1930s was crass, commercial, restrictive, and frequently dysfunctional — but it produced immensely enjoyable films that are still watched with pleasure today. The perfect combination of film history, artistic appreciation, historical insight, and gossip, 1939: The Greatest Year in Motion Picture History is a book that no movie fan should miss. Charles F. Adams spent his career in international marketing, and is the author of a number of books, including Murder by the Bay and The Complete Geezer Guidebook, both available from Quill Driver Books. 6 x 9. PAPER. 160pp $16.95. 978-1-610351-97-3 december 2013. rIGHTS: WORLD
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An Artist and a Writer Travel Highway 1 North pat hunter & janice stevens
11 x 8.5. Paper. 120pp. 100 Color Illustrations $21.95 978-1-61035-053-2 Rights: World
The Ethnohistory of the Chowchilla Yokuts
Hands through Stone
robert fletcher manlove, ph.d.
How Clarence Ray Allen Masterminded Murder from Behind Folsom’s Prison Walls james a. ardaiz
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101 Road Patrol Tales Memoirs of a Chippie of the California Highway Patrol e.w. tompkins 6 X 9. Paper. 240pp. $16.95 978-1-61035-000-6 Rights: World
California Badmen Mean Men With Guns WILLIAM B. SECREST 6 X 9. Paper. 272pp. 950 B & W line art drawings. $15.95 978-1-884995-51-4 Rights: World
50 Unified Years
Building a Tradition of Excellence in Clovis Unified Before, During and After Unification Susan sawyer wise 7 X 10. Hardcover. 238 pp. 77 B & W photos and illus. $24.95 978-1-933502-49-6 Rights: World
California Day of the Grizzly The Exciting, Tragic Story of the Mighty California Grizzly WILLIAM B. SECREST 6 X 9. Hardcover. 350pp. $25.00 978-1-884995-53-8 Rights: World
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Black Bart
Boulevardier Bandit George hoeper 5.5 x 8.5. Paper. 168 pp. $12.95 978-1-933502-49-6 978-1-884995-05-7 Rights: World
California Desperados
Stories of Early California Outlaws in Their Own Words WILLIAM B. SECREST 6 X 9. Paper. 272pp. $15.95 978-1-884995-19-4 Rights: World
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The California Snatch Racket
Kidnappings During the Prohibition and Depression Eras James r. smith & w. lane rogers 6 X 9. Paper. 300pp. $16.95 978-1-884995-63-7 Rights: World
California Feuds
California Justice
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6 X 9. Paper. 180pp. $15.95 978-1-884995-54-5 Rights: World
The Castles of the Assassins
Dark and Tangled Threads of Crime
Vengeance, Vendettas & Violence on the Old West Coast WILLIAM B. SECREST
A fascinating exploration of an ancient murderous society Peter Willey 6 X 9. Paper. 328pp. 32 B & W color photos. 11 maps $21.95 978-0-941936-64-4 Rights: North America
Shootings, Lynchings, and Assassinations in the Golden State DAVID KULCZYK
San Francisco’s Famous Police Detective, Isaiah W. Lees
WILLIAM B. SECREST 6 X 9. Paper. 336pp. $15.95 978-1-884995-41-5 Rights: World
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The Fresno Fair
As seen through the Eyes of Claude C. “Pop” Laval ELIZABETH M. LAVAL
Death in California
The Bizarre, Freakish, and Just Curious Ways People Die in the Golden State david kulczyk 6 X 9. Paper. 170pp. 30 B&W photos $15.95 978-1-884995-57-6 Rights: World
Early Valley Treasures
As Seen through the Lens of “Pop” Laval ELIZABETH M. LAVAL 9 X 12. Hardcover. 200pp. $29.95 978-1-884995-47-7 Rights: World
Fresno’s Architectural Past
Fresno’s Architectural Past, Volume II
11 X 8½. Hardcover. 76pp. Color throughout. $26.95 978-0-941936-97-2 Rights: World.
11 x 8½. Hardcover. 76pp. 70 watercolor illustrations, 1 map, four-color interior $26.95 978-1-933502-13-7 Rights: World
PAT HUNTER AND JANICE STEVENS
10 X 9. Paper. 120pp. $19.95 978-1-884995-48-4 Rights: World
PAT HUNTER AND JANICE STEVENS
Garden of the Sun
A History of the San Joaquin Valley: 1772-1939, 2nd Edition WALLACE SMITH 6 X 9. Hardcover. 858pp. 106 B & W photos. 14 maps. $39.95 978-0-941936-77-4 Rights: World
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Greetings from Fresno
Vintage Postcards from California’s Heartland WILLIAM B. SECREST JR.
The Ghost Detectives’ Guide to Haunted San Francisco
11 x 8½. Hardcover. 120pp. 220 color photos, four-color interior $26.95 978-1-933502-12-0 Rights: World
The True Story of the Search for a Prehistoric Reptile in North India Ralph Izzard
loyd auerbach & annette martin
6 X 9. Paper. 176pp. 23 B & W photos. $19.95 978-0-941936-65-1 Rights: North America
6 X 9. Paper. 142pp. 64 photos. 1 maps. $14.95 978-1-61035-007-5 Rights: World
Legends of the California Banditos WILLIAM B. SECREST 6 X 9. Paper. 248pp. $14.95 978-1-884995-45-3 Rights: World
The Hunt for the Buru
Murder by the Bay
Historic Homicide in and about the City of San Francisco CHARLES F. ADAMS 6 X 9. Paper. 298pp. $14.95 978-1-884995-46-0 Rights: World
Murder in the Garden
Famous Crimes of Early Fresno County Scott Morrison 6 X 9. Paper. 159pp. 56 B & W photos. $16.95 978-0-941936-99-6 Rights: World.
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Murder in the Garden, Volume II More Famous Crimes of Early Fresno County Scott Morrison 6 X 9. Paper. 160pp. 60 B & W photos. $16.95 978-1-884995-62-0 Rights: World.
The Newhall Incident America’s Worst Uniformed Cop Massacre CHIEF JOHN ANDERSON AND MARSH CASSADY 6 X 9. Paper. 192pp. $14.95 978-1-884956-01-0 Rights: World
On the Run
The Life and Adventures of a Fugitive DOUGLAS McHARDIE
From the Life on the Edge Series 5½ X 8½. Paper. 246pp. $14.95 978-0-941936-80-4 Rights: World.
Remembering Cesar Chavez Perilous Trails, Dangerous Men
Early California Stagecoach Robbers and their Desperate Careers, 1856–1900 WILLIAM B. SECREST 6 X 9. Paper. 272pp. $15.95 978-1-884995-24-8 Rights: World
Prodigal Sons
The Violent History of Christopher Evans and John Sontag wallace smith 5½ X 8½. Paper. 434pp. B & W photos $18.95 978-0-941936-89-7 Rights: World.
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The Legacy of Cesar Chavez EDITED BY CINDY WATHEN
10½ X 9½ Hardcover. 112pp. $25.00 978-1-884956-11-9 Rights: World
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Remembering the California Missions
San Francisco’s Playland at the Beach
11 X 8½. Hardcover. 130pp. Color throughout. $26.95 978-1-884995-64-4 Rights: World.
11 X 8.5. Paper. 280 pp. 350 B&W vintage photos. $21.95 978-1-884995-67-5 Rights: World
The Early Years JAMES R. SMITH
PAT HUNTER AND JANICE STEVENS
San Francisco’s Lost Landmarks JAMES R. SMITH
6 X 9. Paper. 298pp. $14.95 978-1-884995-44-6 Rights: World
The San Joaquin
A River Betrayed, Updated Edition GENE ROSE 9 X 11. Hardcover. 192pp. $25.00 978-1-884995-20-0 Rights: World
San Juan Bautista
The Town, the Mission & the Park CHARLES CLOUGH 9 X 11. Paper. 144pp. $18.95 978-1-884995-07-1 Rights: World
The Sands of Tamanrasset
The Story of Charles de Foucauld Marion Mill Preminger 6 X 9. Paper. 279pp. 15 B & W photos. 1 map. $17.95 978-0-941936-75-0 Rights: North America
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CRAVEN STREET books BACKLIST The Sepoy Mutiny: 1857
An Annotated Checklist of English Language Books
The Sepoy Mutiny: 1857
A Shepherd’s Life
Showdown!
6 X 9. Hardcover. 267pp. $49.95 978-1-933502-01-4 Rights: World.
5½ x 8½. Paper. 289pp. 10 B & W illustrations $16.95 978-0-941936-85-9 Rights: World
6 X 9. Paper. 308 pp. 230 B&W photos. $15.95 978-1-884995-65-1 Rights: World.
Six Gun Sound
Ski Tales
Stories of Service
6 X 9. Paper. 166pp. 82 B&W photos. $10.95 978-1-884995-66-8 Rights: World.
7 x 10. Hardcover. 244pp. 163 B&W photos. $24.95 978-1-933502-08-3 Rights: World.
An Annotated Checklist of English Language Books RICHARD SORSKY
The Early History of the Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s Department SVEN A. CrONGEYER 6 X 9. Paper. 250pp. 65 B&W photos. $18.95 978-1-933502-00-7 Rights: World.
Impressions of the South Wilshire Downs W.H. HUDSON
The History of China Peak and Sierra Summit James Benelli
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Lionhearted Lawmen of Old California william b. secrest
Valley Veterans Remember World War II JANICE STEVENS
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Stories of Service: Volume 2:
Valley Veterans Remember World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Cold War JANICE STEVENS 7 x 10. Hardcover. 244pp. 107 B&W photos. $24.95 978-1-61035-005-1 Rights: World.
TimeOut’s Great Baseball Adventure
How Fresno State’s Favorite Bulldog Helped the Diamond Dogs Win the College World Series George takata & marci thiessen 8.5 x 11 Paper. 28pp. 21 B & W photos. 1 map. $19.95 978-1-61035-002-0 Rights: World
Tom Slick
True Life Encounters in Cryptozoology LOREN COLEMAN 5½ x 8. Paper. 240pp. 21 B & W photos. 1 map. $14.95 978-0-941936-74-3 Rights: World
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The Valley’s Legends & Legacies, Volumes III, IV, V, and VI CathY REHART
Each 9 X 6. Paper. Each $18.95 Vol III: 978-1-884995-18-7 Vol IV: 978-1-884995-21-7 Vol V: 978-1-884995-43-9 Vol VI: 978-1-884995-50-7 Rights: World
Underdogs to Wonderdogs
Fresno State’s Road to Omaha and the College World Series Championship paul loeffler 8½ x 11 Hard cover. 168pp. 200+ color photos. $34.95 978-1-933502-27-4 Rights: World.
Understanding Trees A Guide to Tree Health and Selection in the Central Valley of California JOHN K. PAPE 5½ x 8½. Paper. 111pp. 120 color photos. $19.95 978-1-933502-05-2 Rights: World.
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William Saroyan: Places in Time
PAT HUNTER AND JANICE STEVENS
When the Great Spirit Died
12 X 9. Hardcover. 88pp. 55 watercolor illustrations. $26.95 978-1-933502-24-3 Rights: World
The Destruction of the California Indians, 1850–1860 WILLIAM B. SECREST 6 X 9. Paper. 352pp. $15.95 978-1-884995-40-8 Rights: World
With the Foreign Legion in Syria JOHN HARVEY
5½ X 8½. Paper. 288pp. 1 Map. $14.95 978-0-941936-81-1 Rights: World
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The Wind of Morning
An Autobiography COLONEL SIR HUGH BOUSTEAD 5½ x 8½. Paper. 240pp. 30 B & W photos. 4 maps. $21.95 978-0-941936-70-5 Rights: World.
TITLE INDEX CRAVEN STREET BOOKS 101 Road Patrol Tales............................. 6 E.W. Tompkins 1939.........................................................4 Charles F. Adams 50 Unified Years...................................... 6 Susan Sawyer Wise An Artist and a Writer Travel Highway 1 North................................ 5 Pat Hunter and Janice Stevens Black Bart............................................... 6 George Hoeper California Badmen................................. 6 William B. Secrest California Day of the Grizzly.................. 6 William B. Secrest California Desperados............................ 6 William B. Secrest California Disasters.................................7 William B. Secrest California Fueds..................................... 7 William B. Secrest California Fruits, Flakes and Nuts...........3 David Kulczyk California Justice.................................... 7 David Kulczyk The California Snatch Racket................. 7 James R. Smith & W. Lane Rogers The Castles of the Assassins................... 7 Peter Willey Dark and Tangled Threads of Crime...... 7 William B. Secrest Death in California................................. 8 David Kulczyk The Ethnohistory of the Chowchilla Yokuts.............................. 5 Robert Fletcher Manlove, Ph.D. Early Valley Treasures............................. 8 Elizabeth M. Laval Folsom’s 93............................................33 April Moore The Fresno Fair: As Seen Through the Eyes of Claude C. Laval........................8 Elizabeth M. Laval Fresno’s Architectural Past .................... 8 Pat Hunter and Janice Stevens Fresno’s Architectural Past, Volume II ... 8 Janice Stevens and Pat Hunter Garden of the Sun.................................. 8 Wallace Smith
The Ghost Detectives’ Guide to Haunted San Francisco......................................9 Loyd Auerbach & Annette Martin Greetings from Fresno: Vintage Postcards from California’s Heartland............... 9 William B. Secrest Jr. Hands Through Stone............................ 5 James Ardaiz The Hunt for the Buru............................ 9 Ralph Izzard Legends of the California Banditos........ 9 William B. Secrest Murder By the Bay.................................. 9 Charles F. Adams Murder in the Garden ............................ 9 Scott Morrison Murder in the Garden, Volume 2 ......... 10 Scott Morrison The Newhall Incident........................... 10 Chief John Anderson & Marsha Cassady On the Run .......................................... 10 Douglas McHardie Perilous Trails, Dangerous Men........... 10 William B. Secrest Prodigal Sons....................................... 10 Wallace Smith Remembering Cesar Chavez................ 10 Edited by Cindy Wathen Remembering the California Missions.......................................... 11 Pat Hunter & Janice Stevens San Francisco’s Lost Landmarks.......... 11 James R. Smith San Francisco’s Playland at the Beach.. 11 James R. Smith San Francisco’s Playland: Golden Years.33 James R. Smith The San Joaquin River Betrayed.......... 11 Gene Rose San Juan Bautista: the Town, the Mission & The Park ......................... 11 Charles Clough The Sands of Tamanrasset................... 11 Marion Mill Preminger The Sepoy Mutiny: 1857 ...................... 12 Richard Sorsky A Shepherd’s Life.................................. 12 W.H. Hudson Showdown!........................................... 12 William B. Secrest Six Gun Sound ..................................... 12 Sven A. Crongeyer Ski Tales................................................ 12 Jim Benelli
Stories of Service.................................. 12 Janice Stevens Stories of Service, Volume 2................. 13 Janice Stevens TimeOut’s Great Baseball Adventure.... 13 George Takata & Marci Thiessen Tom Slick: True Life Encounters in Cryptozoology ............................ 13 Loren Coleman Underdogs to Wonderdogs................... 13 Paul Loeffler Understanding Trees.............................13 John K. Pape The Valley’s Legends & Legacies, Vol III. 13 Cathy Rehart The Valley’s Legends & Legacies, Vol IV. 13 Cathy Rehart The Valley’s Legends & Legacies, Vol V. 13 Cathy Rehart The Valley’s Legends & Legacies, Vol VI. 13 Cathy Rehart When the Great Spirit Died ................. 14 William B. Secrest William Saroyan: Places in Time ........ 14 Pat Hunter and Janice Stevens The Wind of Morning ......................... 14 Colonel Sir Hugh Boustead With the Foreign Legion in Syria ....... 14 John Harvey
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