Greed, Gringos, and the Wrath of the Gods: A National Origin Story (2 book series)

Synopsis Volume 1: Queen Califia Comes Home

Synopsis Volume 2: The United States of the Pacific 

Extras: Explore exclusive content including audio recordings, a timeline of events, a cast of characters, and expanded insights into the book's core concepts.

Volume 1: Queen Califia Comes Home

The Land of Hope and Dreams

Deep in the Jungles of a Lost Continent

Western Secrets Revealed 

The Birth of the Blues

Volume 2: The United States of the Pacific

Uncle Irving

A River Runs Through the City of Angels

GET OFF MY LAWN (unrelated musings of a frustrated human)

Featured Story:

Luchesi Steel, Gomez and the Fatman 

Ballad of Rock Montana

The Best Legislature Money Can Buy 

The Black Queen is Talking Backwards and Truth is off its Head 

Carter and the Lullwater Ladies 

The Citizen's Party, or Don Quixote Lives 

Colorado River Journeys 

Cruising the Night Away  

Democrats Old and New 

Environmental Awakening 

Flood Control 

Helmet Law

Jefferson and the Blues 

Justice What a Concept or Growing up is Hard to Do 

Police Reform 

The Problem with Representative Democracy 

San Francisco 1978 

Springsteen, Lennon and Creedence 

SF Rape Case

Tales from the Bureaucracy 

Winter 1980, Pitfalls of a Checklist Bride