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1.  The Lure of San Francisco A Romance Amid Old Landmarks /
   that somewhere over in the Mission is the old adobe church. They rejoice that it escaped the fire ... the low adobe building." Prayer Book Cross "A granite cross just visible above the trees in Golden Gate  details...
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   • subject(s) - argueello; francisco; presidio; yerba buena; plaza; luis; adobe; padres; california; old adobe; mission; chinese; bay; russian; presidio; yerba buena; chinese; old adobe; russian; luis; francisco; adobe; mission; california; argueello; bay; plaza; padres;
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2.  Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines / Morgan, Lewis H., 1818-1881
   Tenement houses of adobe and of stone in New Mexico, Yucatan, Chiapas, and Guatemala, with such diversities ... , and the Middle Period, which commences with the use of adobe brick in the construction of houses  details...
   • creator(s) - Morgan, Lewis H., 1818-1881
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   • subject(s) - pueblo; pueblos; tribes; iroquois; mexico; gentes; gens; confederacy; indians; indian; new mexico; tribe; village indians; indian tribes; american aborigines; village; adobe mortar; america; american aborigines; confederacy; tribes; america; gentes; indian tribes; pueblo; new mexico; indians; gens; village; village indians; iroquois; adobe mortar; pueblos; indian; mexico; tribe;
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3.  Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life / Knibbs, Henry Herbert
   became more alert as they approached the adobe buildings of the rancho. Vaca had drifted into a dull ... me a couple of blankets. I'll sleep out here to-night." Juan Armigo plodded to the adobe. The lamplight  details...
   • creator(s) - Knibbs, Henry Herbert
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   • subject(s) - lorry; shoop; waring; ramon; dorothy; bud shoop; bud; jim; alice weston; jim waring; adams; senor jim; rode; pedro salazar; gun; blue mesa; high chin; waring; bud; lorry; jim waring; jim; high chin; pedro salazar; dorothy; rode; blue mesa; bud shoop; ramon; adams; gun; senor jim; shoop; alice weston;
   • title - Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life
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4.  Crooked Trails / Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909
   THE ESSENTIALS AT FORT ADOBE MASSAI'S CROOKED TRAIL JOSHUA GOODENOUGH'S OLD LETTER CRACKER COWBOYS OF FLORIDA ... ditches, past dozens of those deliciously quaint adobe houses, past the inevitable church, past a dead  details...
   • creator(s) - Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909
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   • subject(s) - rangers; sergeant; indians; indian; camp; trail; trail; camp; indians; rangers; indian; sergeant;
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5.  John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park / Stoddard, John L. (John Lawson), 1850-1931
   . In 1885 it was an adobe village, dedicated to the Queen of the Angels; to-day, a city of brick and stone ... which no Mexican town is complete. There, too, is the characteristic adobe church, the quaint interior  details...
   • creator(s) - Stoddard, John L. (John Lawson), 1850-1931
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   • subject(s) - canon; california; park; southern california; santa barbara; canon; park; southern california; santa barbara; california;
   • title - John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park
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6.  Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories / Kelly, Florence Finch, 1858-1939
   front of a long adobe building. He nodded approvingly. "I reckon I pulled my freight from Albuquerque ... in which he lived and two or three other adobes which he rented, and was therefore lifted above the necessity  details...
   • creator(s) - Kelly, Florence Finch, 1858-1939
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   • subject(s) - nick; pard huff; apache teju; kid; colonel kate; lieutenant wemple; chinee kid; dysert gang; apache teju; chinee kid; nick; lieutenant wemple; colonel kate; pard huff; kid; dysert gang;
   • title - Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories
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7.  What I Saw in California / Bryant, Edwin
   weather a great distance. The dwelling of Dr. M. is a small one-story house, rudely constructed of adobes ... in the house, which consisted of a number of small adobe buildings, erected apparently at different times  details...
   • creator(s) - Bryant, Edwin
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   • subject(s) - california; francisco; monterey; californian; californians; mission; commodore stockton; santa barbara; colonel fremont; general kearny; miles; gold; dollars; new helvetia; indians; valley; general kearny; dollars; californian; santa barbara; miles; valley; francisco; indians; colonel fremont; californians; mission; california; commodore stockton; gold; new helvetia; monterey;
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8.  Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch / Vachell, Horace Annesley, 1861-1955
   to lend an old _adobe_ building to the village fathers, to be used as a schoolhouse, until the schoolhouse ... _adobe_." "But who will teach the children?" we asked. "We've fixed that," said Mrs. Spafford. "'Tain  details...
   • creator(s) - Vachell, Horace Annesley, 1861-1955
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   • subject(s) - ajax; uncle jap; jeff; dennis; uncle jake; uncle; miss birdie; pap spooner; uncle jap's; uncle jake; dennis; miss birdie; uncle; pap spooner; uncle jap; uncle jap's; ajax; jeff;
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9.  Old Mission Stories of California / Carter, Charles Franklin
   of American life in the state. The Indians live the life of the poorest class of Mexicans, dwell in adobe huts ... himself beside me on an old ruined adobe wall, asked if he had lived long here. "For over sixty years, Se  details...
   • creator(s) - Carter, Charles Franklin
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   • subject(s) - pomponio; mission; father zalvidea; diego; padre; nueva california; father uria; california; juan capistrano; padre peyri; indians; indian; luis rey; nueva california; pomponio; padre; luis rey; indians; father zalvidea; padre peyri; mission; california; indian; juan capistrano; diego; father uria;
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10.  Skyrider / Bower, B. M., 1871-1940
    had any thought of invading the squat, adobe building kept sacred to the leisure hours of the Rolling R boys ... would have gone on living contentedly in the adobe house which was now abandoned to the sole occupancy of the boys  details...
    • creator(s) - Bower, B. M., 1871-1940
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    • subject(s) - johnny; tex; mary; bland halliday; bland; johnny jewel; tomaso's brother; sinkhole camp; bill; bill hayden; tex; bland; tomaso's brother; bland halliday; sinkhole camp; johnny; johnny jewel; bill hayden; bill; mary;
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