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F r o m t h e E d it o r M e l o d y G r a u l i c h C alifo r n ia b ecam e, as it h ad to, th e N ew W or ld ’s N ew W or ld , its last r ep o s­ itory o f h op e. In C alifo r n ia, you co m e face to face w ith th e P acific an d you r ­ self. T h e r e is n ow h er e else to go. Ju st as b o th Lo s A n ge le s an d Sa n Fr an cisco are, in th eir sep ar ate w ays, recogn izab ly C alifo r n ian , so is C alifo r n ia r e cog­ n izably A m e r ican . A ll th at C alifo r n ia d o e s is m agn ify w h at is b r o u gh t t o it; an d o fte n , u n d er th e str ain o f m agn ification , th er e o ccu r s a sea ch an ge . — Sh iv a N aip au l, Jo u r n e y t o N o w h e r e : A N e w W o rld T rage d y In Je a n St a ffo r d ’s sat ir ic w e ster n n o v e l T h e M o u n t a in L io n (1 9 4 9 ), a t o u gh o ld r a n c h m a n w e ar in g a “Je sse Ja m e s v e st ” t e lls h is sick ly gr an d c h ild r e n , r aised in an o r an ge gr o v e in C o v in a , t h a t “C a lifo r n ia is n o t t h e r e a l W e st .” F a n t a sy la n d h ad n o t yet b e e n b u ilt in 1 9 4 9 , b u t a p p a r e n t ly C a lifo r n ia w as alr e ad y “u n r e a l.” So w h at is C a lifo r n ia ? T h e N e w W o r ld ’s N e w W o r ld ? “W e st o f t h e W e st ,” as t h e t it le o f t h e T h e L an d o f Su n sh in e w as co n ceived in 1894 to “b o o st” So u t h er n C alifo r n ia econ om ically, bu t w h en C h ar le s Lu m m is to ok over th e ed itor sh ip in 1895, h e tu rn ed to “b o ostin g” w estern w riters. Lu m m is p u b lish ed som e o f th e m ost sig­ n ifican t C alifo r n ia w riters at th e b egin n in gs o f th eir car eer s: M ary A u stin , Jack Lon d on , R ob in so n Jeffers, Su i Sin Far, Sh ar lo t t H all. H e b ro ad en ed th e m agazin e’s scop e w ith a n am e ch an ge in 1902 t o O u t W e st an d in h is ow n co l­ u m n s w as an early ad v o cate o f th e W est’s im p or tan ce in...

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