Ten Years in Paradise. Leaves From a Society Reporter's Note-book

Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. A description of Santa Clara Valley, California Mary Bowden Carroll left Otsego County, New York, for San José, Santa Clara County, in 1892. Ten years in Paradise (1903) is less a personal memoir than a piece of promotional literature for her adopted home: summary of Santa Clara's social history, descriptions of local towns, tributes to the valley's commerce and industry, and attractions for the home seeker. A substantia