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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The Alamo	Ann Gaines	Describes the history of the famous Alamo, which was built as a mission, but later used as a fort, the battle fought there, and its significance for the history of the United States.	OL111953W
The California missions	Ann Heinrichs	Describes the beginning of the Spanish mission system in California, its expansion, and the effects of the missions on the native peoples of that area.	OL14853565W
Mission San José	Amy Margaret	Discusses the founding, building, operation, closing, and restoration of the San Jose Mission and its role in California history.	OL15216607W
Mission San Francisco de Asís	Kathleen J. Edgar	Discusses the Mission of San Francisco de Asís from its founding in 1776 to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the Ohlon…	OL152230W
Mission Santa Cruz	Kim Ostrow	The history of this California mission from its founding in 1791, through its development and use in serving the Ohlone Indians, and its secularization and function today.	OL17867661W
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel	McGinty, Alice B.	Discusses the founding, building, operation and closing of the Spanish mission at San Gabriel and its role in California history.	OL18976419W
Townspeople and ranchers of the California mission frontier	Jack S. Williams	Describes the daily life of townspeople and ranchers at early California missions.	OL19516985W
Mission La Purísima Concepción	Kim Ostrow	The history of this California mission from its founding in 1787, through its development and use in serving the Chumash Indians, and its secularization and function today. Text and photographs desc…	OL19698896W
Mission San Diego de Alcalá	Susan E. Edgar,Kathleen J. Edgar	Discusses the founding, building, operation and closing of the Spanish Mission San Diego de Alcalá and its role in California history. Text and photographs describe the founding, building, operation…	OL19927618W
Mission Santa Cruz	Kim Ostrow	This book discusses the history of Mission Santa Cruz from its founding in 1791, through its development and use in serving the Ohlone Indians, to its educational function today. The text and photog…	OL19976717W
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia	Jennifer Quasha	This book discusses the mission of San Luis Rey from its founding in 1798 to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the Luise…	OL19976718W
Mission San Rafael Arcángel	Jacqueline Ching	This book discusses the Mission San Rafael Arcangel from its founding to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the Indians o…	OL19976719W
Mission San Juan Capistrano	Susan E. Edgar,Kathleen J. Edgar	This book discusses the Mission San Juan Capistrano from its founding in 1776 to the present day. Text and photographs describe the founding, building, and operation of the Mission San Juan Capistra…	OL19976720W
Discovering Mission Santa Cruz	Sofia Nuñes	Describes the arrival of the Spanish in early California, their impact on the native inhabitants, the founding and construction of the Mission Santa Cruz, and more. Includes a craft project. This bo…	OL19994186W
Missions and presidios	Raymond Bial	Explains how missions came to be, and what their purpose was.	OL20491967W
Sailors, merchants, and muleteers of the California mission frontier	Jack S. Williams,Thomas L. Davis	Details the daily life of sailors, merchants, and muleteers in the societies that grew up around early California missions.	OL23743182W
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo	Kathleen J. Edgar	Discusses the founding, building, operation and closing of the Spanish Mission San Carlos in central California and its role in California history.	OL26434824W
The California missions	Dale Anderson	Describes the arrival of the Spanish in early California, their impact on the native inhabitants, and the founding and construction of missions there to support their claim on the land.	OL3922103W
God's Smuggler	John Sherrill,Elizabeth Sherrill,Brother Andrew	"God's Smuggler is the story of how one man came face to face with the living God and how this encounter changed his life forever. After you read this incredible true account of secret missionary act…	OL4618305W
Gladys Aylward	Fern Neal Stocker	Recounts the life of the uneducated, visually handicapped British woman who served as a missionary in China for many years, setting up orphanages to help homeless children. At intervals in the text t…	OL4634970W