{"product_id":"children-of-aliso-paperback","title":"Children of Aliso - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eCHILDREN OF ALISO is a memoir of the pioneering Thurston family who settled and homesteaded 152 acres of land in Laguna Beach's Aliso Canyon in 1871, transforming its barren wilderness into a sustainable farm. It narrates the family's personal stories, from initial isolation to early Laguna neighbors, through the 1880s real-estate boom and bust, and 1890s economic downturns. Detailed descriptions of the region's flora, fauna and beautiful landscapes provide a backdrop to accounts of their daily lives, relationships and hardships. It recounts their lives on the Aliso farm, and the early years of school and work opportunities in neighboring communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarriet Thurston Buchheim Mather, one of fifteen Thurston children, describes CHILDREN OF ALISO as \"the story of a single family of pioneers taken from among the many who formed an integral part of the romantic Southland in days that are forever gone-gone, not simply from the standpoint of the passing of time, but of the vanishing of an era.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368264499423,"sku":"9798989471508","price":46.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/LAUY_v0LOY9798989471508.webp?v=1789125139","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/children-of-aliso-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}