Project Gutenberg 2006-10-12 Public domain in the USA. 558 Alverson, Margaret Blake 1836 1923 Blake-Alverson, Margaret Sixty Years of California Song Produced by David Newman, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Sixty Years of California Song" by Margaret Blake-Alverson is a historical memoir written in the early 20th century. The volume recounts the author’s life journey intertwined with music, stretching from her family's musical heritage to her experiences in California. The narrative encompasses the author's childhood, professional singing career, and significant musical contributions to the development of the arts in California. At the start of the memoir, the author reflects on her childhood influenced by a musical family led by her father, a reverend, whose ministry shaped their lives. She reminisces about the family’s move to California during the Gold Rush, highlighting the challenges and adventures they faced. The opening sections emphasize her father's dedication to his ministry, the family’s early experiences of loss and longing, and how music became a transformative element in their lives, laying a foundation for Alverson's future in song and performance within the emerging cultural landscape of California. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Music -- California -- History and criticism ML Text Music Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Music Category: Biographies Category: History - American Category: Music 814712 2025-06-08T10:31:05.390946 text/html 817444 2006-10-11T23:54:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3819702 2006-10-11T23:54:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3998225 2025-06-08T10:31:22.559873 application/epub+zip 4003315 2025-06-08T10:31:09.039940 application/epub+zip 346282 2025-06-08T10:31:07.019947 application/epub+zip 5005204 2025-06-08T10:31:31.301817 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4927771 2025-06-08T10:31:19.930870 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 503552 2022-09-09T09:57:06.224135 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 711422 2025-06-08T10:31:02.441998 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 711366 2006-10-11T23:54:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 258594 2006-10-11T23:54:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 711363 2006-10-11T23:54:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 258548 2006-10-11T23:54:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20606 2025-06-08T10:31:31.489827 application/rdf+xml 33917 2025-06-08T10:31:07.275932 image/jpeg 4554 2025-06-08T10:31:07.175955 image/jpeg 3841749 2025-06-08T10:31:05.717962 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia