(4) 4-6 Exploring California Missions series. Each book focuses on three missions, detailing life in the area of the missions before they were built, the rise and fall of the mission system, and relations with the native population. Some features, including pictures and timelines, are duplicated across the series, which becomes repetitive though it does help convey the connectedness of the mission settlements. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Exploring California Missions titles: Monterey Bay Area Missions in California, Central Coast Missions in California, and Los Angeles Area Missions.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo