Orange County Chronicles

Orange County is one of the best-known, yet least understood, counties in California. The popular image of beautiful people in beach cities is certainly accurate. But the Orange County that is often overlooked includes workaday lives in Anaheim, the barrios of Santa Ana, townhouse living in Brea and the diverse communities of Little Saigon, Little Texas, Los Rios, La Habra and Silverado Canyon. Modern Orange County offers very little sense of history, and it sometimes seems as if the urbanization of the 1960s is all that defines the place. Orange County historian Phil Brigandi fills in the gaps with this collection of essays that explores the very creation of the county, as well as pressing issues of race, citrus, attractions and annexation.

Orange County, California, brings to mind the endless summer of sand and surf, McMansion housing tracts, a conservative stronghold, and tony shopping centers. It's a place where pilates classes are run like boot camps, real estate values are discussed at your weekly colonic, and ice cream parlors on Main Street, USA, exist side-by-side with pho shops and taquerias. Orange County Noir pulls back the veil to reveal what lurks behind the curtain. Features brand-new stories by: Susan Straight, Robert S. Levinson, Rob Roberge, Nathan Walpow, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Dan Duling, Mary Castillo, Lawrence Maddox, Dick Lochte, Robert Ward, Gary Phillips, Gordon McAlpine, Martin J. Smith, and Patricia McFall. Editor Gary Phillips is the author of many novels and short stories. He lives in Southern California.

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UPDATED! July 2010 with some family photos included in the book! There are two Chapters in this book Section A- Henry Downes of Maryland, and Section B: Ludowick Downs of Texas. Chapter Two covers Henry Downes & Lady Jane Douglas of Virginia and descendants. The states this line of Downs family is found is: Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. There is lots of DOWNES or DOWNS family history of the surname included. This book is complete with wills, cemetery records, census records, book research information, land deeds, and every scrap of information I could locate on the Downes or Downs family lines. Chapter Two family descendants traveled down and settled in the South Georgia area, Worth County, Georgia. This book is a must have if your surname is DOWNES or DOWNS.