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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

California's June Surprise

I made a sojourn Tuesday under cloudy skies, across San Francisco Bay, to visit some literary friends in Livermore and the most astonishing thing happaned ...

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Robin's New Book!

My new book, "The Valley of Heart's Delight: True Tales from Around the Bay" is out 7/25/22 and is now available on Amazon. Click the cover to order.

A California Visionary in the Nineteenth Century

This is the first installment of my story about Juana Briones in Northern California. She was such a remarkable person, I have featured her in a chapter of my book "Historic Bay Area Visionaries." Click the pic to read more!

Juana Briones Part II

Is this the face of Juana Briones? Click the pic for Part Two on Juana, which I wrote especially for the publication "Our Town."

In the Footsteps of Juana

Here is the final installment of my series of articles about Juana Briones. Hope you enjoy.

You'll Find This Book on Amazon

It is Robin's second book for The History Press, published in 2018.

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Robin's New Book Now Available

History Press published "Historic Bay Area Visionaries" October 15, 2018, and it is available on the publisher's web site. It profiles six people in California history, from 1781 through 1915 whose lives touched California history.

Wideawake Engineers

Ever heard of Ascension Island? Wideawake Field? It played an important role in WW II. Since my father served there I've been downloading the best info I have on their project. Click for more.

Meet Ms. Gimpy

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A Cold War Object

How an inherited ring told a story from recent history.

The Tale of the Not-So-Secret Code Talkers

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Robin in Television News

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Robin Chapman: Television journalist and the author of five books, Robin covered news in the West and in Florida and spent a decade covering national stories in Washington D.C. She now lives and works as a writer in her California hometown. CALIFORNIA APRICOTS: THE LOST ORCHARDS OF SILICON VALLEY, was published by the History Press in 2013; and her latest book, HISTORIC BAY AREA VISIONARIES was published by the History Press in 2018. She now writes a column for the Los Altos Town Crier.

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

California's June Surprise

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