Harwell Hamilton Harris: California By Nature

Spoken Editions

Jul 29, 201306:39Society & Culture

The California of Harris' youth was a very different place than it is today: It was a verdant oasis of orange groves spreading scent for miles; of abundant overgrown gardens backed by gray-green hillsides; of hazy mounta...

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