Thank you for your interest in writing a book review for publication in California History Action. We generally print reviews that are 600-800 words in length. If you wish, a longer review may be submitted for publication on CCPH's website, with an edited version to be run in the newsletter itself. You will be given a by-line for your review and may keep the review copy of the book in return for your work.

When you are sent a book for review, please tell us the anticipated date that you will be submitting the review so that we can prepare our publication schedule accordingly. California History Action is published in February, May, August and November each year. Deadlines for submissions are the first day of each month of publication; however, earlier submission of materials is encouraged. It is preferred that reviews be submitted electronically, sent to ccph@csus.edu (please include review in text of email message and also as an attachment). However, if email is unavailable or difficult for you, a hard copy can be mailed to the CCPH office at Dept of History, 6000 J Street, Sacramento CA 95819-6059. Please also include a short description of your position/academic program and where you live.

The following books are currently available for review.

• Alcatraz: The Gangster Years. David Ward and Gene Kassebaum. University of California Press, 2009.
• Bandido: The Life and Times of Tiburcio Vasquez. John Boessenecker. University of Oklahoma Press, 2010.
• Beyond the American Pale: The Irish in the West, 1845-1910. David M. Emmons. University of Oklahoma Press, 2010.
• California Crack Up: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It. Joe Matthews and Mark Paul. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010.
• California on the Breadlines: Dorothea Lange, Paul Taylor, and the Making of a New Deal Narrative. Jan Goggins. University of California Press, 2010.
• Call Me Lucky: A Texan in Hollywood. Robert Hinkle with Mike Farris. University of Oklahoma Press, 2009.
• Grand Ventures: The Banning Family and the Shaping of Southern California. Tom Sitton. University of California Press, 2010.
• Historical Atlas of the American West, with Original Maps. Derek Hayes. University of California Press, 2009.
• Home Lands: How Women Made the West. Virginia Scharff and Carolyn Brucken. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010.
• Luis Ortega's Rawhide Artistry: Braiding in the California Tradition. Chuck Stormes and Don Reeves. University of Oklahoma Press, 2010.
• Sowing Dreams, Cultivating Lives: Nikkei Farmers in Pre-World War II Orange County. Stephanie George and Carlota F. Haider. The Tom & Chiz Miyawaki Legacy Project, Orange County Agricultural and Nikkei Heritage Museum.
• Vineyards & Vaqueros: Indian Labor and the Economic Expansion of Southern California, 1771-1877. George Harwood Phillips. Vol. 1, Before Gold: California Under Spain and Mexico. University of Oklahoma Press, 2010. 2 copies available for review.