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Juana Briones de Miranda lived an unusual life which is wonderfully recountedin this highly accessible biography. She was one of the first residents of whatis now San Francisco then named Yerba Buena Good Herb reportedly after amedicinal tea she concocted. She was among the few women in California of hertime to own property in her own name and she proved to be a skilled farmerrancher and businesswoman. In retelling her life story Jeanne Farr McDonnellalso retells the history of nineteenthcentury California from the uniqueperspective of this surprising woman. Juana Briones was born in 1802 and spenther early youth in Santa Cruz a community of retired soldiers who had helpedfound Spanish California Native Americans and settlers from Mexico. In 1820she married a cavalryman at the San Francisco Presidio Apolinario Miranda. Sheraised her seven surviving sons and daughters and adopted an orphaned NativeAmerican girl. Drawing on knowledge she gained about herbal medicine and othercures from her family and Native Americans she became a highly respectedcurandera or healer. Juana set up a second home and dairy at the base of thenLoma Alta now Telegraph Hill the first house in that area. After gaining achurchsanctioned separation from her abusive husband she expanded her farmingand cattle business in 1844 by purchasing a 4400acre ranch where she builther house located in the present city of Palo Alto. She successfully managedher extensive business interests until her death in 1889. Juana Brioneswitnessed extraordinary changes during her lifetime. In this fascinating bookreaders will see Californias history in a new and revelatory light. «
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