Toward a Contemporary City

When looking at historical photographs of Guadalupe residents, one sees the faces that represent the area s unique and diverse past. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Chumash and mapped by Spanish explorers, Guadalupe was first named in the 1840s Mexican land grant honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, the title given to the Virgin Mary. Through the years, waves of immigrants made their way to Guadalupe to take advantage of the fertile soil and unique geographic features, the most prominent of which are the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, which contain some of the tallest sand dunes on Earth and have...

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Esta es la segunda de la serie Clyde Thomas que tiene lugar en el sudeste asiático en el invierno y la primavera de 1967-1968. Clyde después de dejar Moonbeam en el Haight Ashbury, se vuelve a alistar en el ejército y regresa a Vietnam como parte de la 716ª Policía Militar en Saigón. Llega un mes antes de la Ofensiva del Tet, con la esperanza de limpiar los demonios de su alma. Pero poco a poco cae en un mundo más oscuro del que había dejado. Una novela impactante y profundamente estimulante que captura la política y la cruda realidad de la guerra, en un lugar que a nadie en Estados...