Santa Cruz Island: A History of Conflict and Diversity
Rising from the waters of the Pacific off the southern California Coast,Santa Cruz Island captures the imagination. Once home to a large Chumash population,in the nineteenth century it became a self-sufficient island rancho. As with all islands of beauty and size,it attracted people from the coastline. But as author John Gherini tells us in his prologue:The attractions of the island,however,routinely led people into conflict,wrapping it in a shroud like its morning fog. The modern histo