Table of Contents
Annie
Kennedy
Bidwell:
An
Intimate
History
by
Lois
H.
McDonald
Historical
biography
of
one
of
the
founders
of
nineteenth-
century
American
California.
Preface
Glimmerings from childhood
Introducing a family
The great romance
The honeymoon
A look at Rancho Chico
The pangs of separation, 1869
Adrift between two ports
1875—A year to seize the helm
Conflicts
A house for the dying
A happy camping trip
Putting down more roots in California
A visit from Annie’s parents
Sallie’s doomed love affair
The rancheria school
Developing new outlets for self expression
Family duty to the fore
A murder
Sallie Kennedy takes the helm
Serious—but caught in time
Convalescence put behind
Haunted by more family tragedy
John Bidwell’s brave, if futile, campaign
Aches, pains and pleasures of growing older
Return to Dr. Hirschfelder
William Morrison Alexander
Nopanny—between two worlds
"Susan B. Anthony kissed me"
The old and the young
Death comes to a pioneer
The give and take of a successful marriage
Depression
Widowhood—a review
The urge to build
The war to eliminate alcohol consumption
Rancho Chico: The shrinking giant
Loss of two loved grandchildren
A year of travel
Good-bye to Sallie
And what of the rancheria?
Allies in the cause of education
Exit
Chapter notes abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
