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Author Orfalea, Gregory, 1949-

Title Journey to the sun : Junipero Serra's dream and the founding of California / Gregory Orfalea.

Publication Info. New York : Scribner, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  979.4 ORFALEA    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  979.402 ORFALEA    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  979.405 OR3    Check Shelf
Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description viii, 465 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-442) and index.
Summary The narrative of the remarkable life of Junipero Serra, the intrepid priest who led Spain and the Catholic Church into California in the 1700s and became a key figure in the making of the American West. In the year 1749, at the age of thirty-six, Junipero Serra left his position as a highly regarded priest in Spain for the turbulent and dangerous New World, knowing he would never return. The Spanish Crown and the Catholic Church both sought expansion in Mexico--the former in search of gold, the latter seeking souls--as well as entry into the mysterious land to the north called "California." By his death at age seventy-one, Serra had traveled more than 14,000 miles on land and sea through the New World--much of that distance on a chronically infected and painful foot--baptized and confirmed 6,000 Indians, and founded nine of California's twenty-one missions, with his followers establishing the rest.
Subject Serra, Junípero, Saint, 1713-1784.
Franciscans -- California -- Biography.
Missions, Spanish -- California -- History.
Franciscans -- Missions -- California -- History.
California -- History -- To 1846.
Explorers -- California -- Biography.
Explorers -- Spain -- Biography.
HISTORY -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Adventurers & Explorers.
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