Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which focuses on the period when California began its rise to national prominence. Includes a reassessment of the role of the Southern Pacific Railroad and a look at the roots of California Progressivism. 8 pages of photographs, footnotes, bibliographical note, index. End-paper maps. x, 290 pp. ISBN: 0-804708479.

Fresno, CA: California History Books, (1973.) dj. Hardcover - Authoritative account of the escapades of Evans and Sontag, "accused, but never convicted, of being mail train robbers in the days of Wells Fargo Express. . . Were they heroes, villains or ordinary citizens catapulted into sudden strife by forces they could neither understand nor control?" Sontag's daughter provided much of the background of the family history in the book. Set in California's San Joaquim Valley, this tells of of life in those towns - Modesto, Visalia, Pixley - as well as how Evans and Sontag came to be the most wanted men in California in 1893, the focus of a state-wide manhunt involving a U.S. marshal, Apache trackers, and the Southern Pacific Railroad. Photographs, notes. 435 pp.