Craven Street Books

Bringing to light an entertaining array of anecdotes, this collection of police stories recalls some of the strangest, funniest, and most poignant accounts from the freeways, highways, and country...

A Cross of Thorns reexamines a chapter of California history that has been largely forgotten -- the enslavement of California's Indian population by Spanish missionaries from 1769 to 1821...

An Artist and a Writer Travel Highway 1 CentralAuthor: Pat HunterPublisher: Craven Street BooksPublication Date: Jan 15, 2015Number of Pages: 130 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

California Gold Country historian George Hoeper reveals what promises to be the final piece to the 100-year-old puzzle of the infamous stagecoach robber Black Bart. For over eight years the...

California's Deadliest Women presents fascinating and grimly comic profiles of 28 female murderers. Some killed for money, some for revenge, and some for no reason at all--but all share a cold...

Choose Your Weapon: The Duel in California, 1847 1861 describes in graphic detail the major figures, causes, and means by which the Golden State's 75 "affairs of honor" of that timeframe were fought...

Journalist Sam McManis travels to every corner of California in this unusual guide, seeking the unusual and the eccentric. He finds there is more than one California, and each one is equally weird...

This fascinating and gripping portrayal is the only book-length account ever written about the illicit career of Clarence Ray Allen, one of the most sinister criminal masterminds and mass murderers...

A young man takes a summer job with a horse packer in the Sierra Nevada mountains--and receives a valuable education in the art of living--in a modern-day parable filled with love for horses, nature,...

Presenting 16 famous criminal cases from Fresno California at the turn of the 20th century, this gripping history brings fascinating tales of murder and mayhem to light. Introducing a blend of...

Even celebrities die--and author Allan Abbott was the man who picked up the bodies! He ran the leading hearse, mortuary, and funeral services company in Hollywood and got an unprecedented glimpse of...

When Sabby, a young sea otter pup, is pulled from his sheltered lagoon through a dangerous pipe to the ocean, he struggles to survive as his mother fights to reach him. Illustrated with photographs...

Perfectly blending a vast historical scope with intensely individual viewpoints, this stirring collection of stories brings a man-on-the-ground perspective to a huge range of military history, with...

An inspiring true story of teamwork, camaraderie, and Americans at war. On January 23, 1943, a B-24 Liberator bomber and its crew of ten men disappeared without a trace in New Guinea. Their families...

Author: Robert Fletcher ManlovePublisher: Craven Street BooksPublication Date: Jul 07, 2020Number of Pages: 144 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1610353668ISBN-13: 9781610353663

The Pacific coast is the most iconic region of California and one of the most fascinating and rapidly changing places in the world. Densely populated, urbanized, and industrializedand also home to...

Midnight, April 5, 1970. Minutes after a red Pontiac with two men in it was stopped, four young California Highway Patrolmen lay dead of gunshot wounds. The incident still stands as the worst of its...

Written for children ages 4 and up, TimeOut's Great Baseball Adventure tells the story of Fresno State's amazing win through the eyes of Fresno State's beloved mascot TimeOut. When the Fresno State...

A nostalgic look back at the exciting teen music and dance craze of the 50s through the classic hits era of the 60s, 70s, and 80s Twin Destinies tells the story of Pete and Mike Pappas, the twin sons...

San Francisco's famous citywide scenic driving route has been reinvented for a new generation as a green, healthy walking adventure. This turn-by-turn guide takes visitors and natives alike on 17...