A Brief History of
Raven River Press
Raven River Press, which specializes in books about central California and the southern Sierra Nevada, was founded in 1999 with the publication of its first title: Co-Operative Dreams: A History of the Kaweah Colony.
Although currently out of print, the book has become the definitive work on what was the most intriguing utopian community experiment in California history, and will be re-issued by Raven River Press some time in late 2008.
In 2002, in conjunction with the dedication of the Forest J. Grunigen Library at the University of California at Irvine Medical Center, Raven River Press published A Strength Born of Giants: The Life and Times of Dr. Forest Grunigen.
Co-authored by Co-Operative Dreams author Jay O'Connell and Dr. Grunigen's widow, Dolores Grunigen, the biography of a well-known osteopathic physician, who was born in 1905 in Sequoia National Park and grew up in Three Rivers, was enthusiastically received. Dr. Grunigen did much for osteopathic medicine and was instrumental in bringing the medical school to U.C. Irvine, where the research library was named in his honor.
In February 2008, Raven River Press proudly published the first full-length biography of Eva Evans, the daughter of one of the most notorious outlaws of the Old West.
Train Robber's Daughter: The Melodramatic Life of Eva Evans, 1876-1970 is the result of over six years work. Click on the title to read more about this fascinating biography and to read chapter excerpts from the book.
click here to read the review from True West magazine
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