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New book by CWC member Cheryl Stapp: Sacramento Chronicles A Golden Past

Happy release day to CWC-Sacramento member Cheryl Stapp for her latest local history book, Sacramento Chronicles: A Golden Past.

About the book:

Sacramento boomed when forty-niners flocked to California, but the road from riverfront trading post to cosmopolitan capital was bumpy and winding. In this collection, historian and local author Cheryl Anne Stapp reveals the setbacks and successes that shaped the city, including a devastating cholera outbreak, the 1850s’ Squatter Riots, two major fires, the glamorous Pony Express and the first transcontinental railroad built by Sacramento merchants. Even bursting levees and swollen riverbanks couldn’t keep the fledgling city down, as Sacramento hoisted its downtown buildings and streets above flood level. Come discover the diversity of Sacramento’s heritage from agriculture and state fairs to war efforts, Prohibition and historic preservation, and explore the historic sites that mark the city’s development.

About the Author

Cheryl Anne Stapp lives with her husband in Sacramento, where she was born, raised, and acquired an avid interest in Sacramento’s exciting Gold Rush History. A graduate of California State University, Northridge, she currently serves as vice president of the California Writers Club, Sacramento branch. Visit her website “California’s Olden Golden Days” at CherylAnneStapp.com.

New book by CWC member Cheryl Stapp: Disaster & Triumph: Sacramento Women Gold Rush through Civil War

CWC-Sacramento congratulates long-time member Cheryl Stapp on the recent publication of her excellent work of regional women’s history, Disaster and Triumph: Sacramento Women, Gold Rush Through the Civil War.

About the book:

Most histories highlight men’s lives. Disaster & Triumph: Sacramento Women, Gold Rush Through the Civil War is the first one to uncover the women who helped shape history in today’s California capital–then an important “hub” city of the great California Gold Rush.

Thousands upon thousands of men from all over the world descended on the region eager to find a fortune . . . but expecting to get rich quick and return home, few brought wives and families. Two years into the Golden Immigration, less than 8% of Sacramento’s residents were women. Yet those women made their mark, proving their mettle as decision makers and breadwinners in a uniquely masculine society. Displaying spunk and determination and skills honed by new experiences, their successes altered women’s perceived traditional roles in a turbulent city beset with major fires, devastating floods, and other disasters. Read intriguing cameos of respectable ladies and scandalous harlots–then experience the lives and times of six extraordinary women:

Jennie Wimmer, the camp cook and laundress at the Coloma gold discovery site;
Dorothea Wolfinger Zins, a Donner Party survivor who made bricks for the construction of Sacramento homes and businesses;
the accomplished governor’s wife Mary Zabriskie Johnson;
overland pioneer Margaret Frink, church founder and dairyman’s wife;
Lavinia Waterhouse, successful water-cure practitioner, midwife, and fiery suffragette;
Margaret Crocker, the beloved benefactress to a maturing city.

Meticulously researched and visually written with spirit and wit, Disaster & Triumph: Sacramento Women, Gold Rush Through the Civil War is for history buffs, students, women’s discussion groups, or anyone who savors an entertaining and educational read about the struggles and attainments of pioneer women.

About the Author

Cheryl Anne Stapp lives with her husband in Sacramento, where she was born, raised, and acquired an avid interest in Sacramento’s exciting Gold Rush History. A graduate of California State University, Northridge, she currently serves as vice president of the California Writers Club, Sacramento branch. Disaster & Triumph: Sacramento Women, Gold Rush Through the Civil War took two years to research and write. Visit her website “California’s Olden Golden Days” at CherylAnneStapp.com.

January Writers Network: Cheryl Stapp on Taxes for Writers

Friday, January 6th, 2011 – 9:00 a.m. – 11 a.m.

The public is invited. CWC membership not required.

The California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch’s monthly Writers Network’s breakfast meeting for January will feature Cheryl Stapp discussing “Taxes for Writers”.

Cheryl Stapp was born in Sacramento and graduated from local secondary schools. She moved to Los Angeles to go to college and earned her bachelor’s degree from Cal State University Northridge in accounting. She worked for a major accounting firm (which today, after several mergers, is known as Ernst and Young); a TV production company as Assistant Controller and Controller for about 15 years; and for a sports and entertainment company for about four years. Also while in Los Angeles, she was a contributing editor to Working World magazine. She returned to Sacramento in 2000 and married a local guy. She continued her education to accrue 150+ hours of income tax classes and worked for H&R Block for three seasons. She currently serves as the VP and Chair of Programs for the California Writers Club-Sacramento Branch and has been doing so since 2007. She is in the process of self-publishing her first book, a historical titled Disaster and Triumph: Sacramento Women, Gold Rush through the Civil War and is writing another Sacramento historical account for History Press, a traditional publisher.

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Writers Network is held the first Friday of every month at 9 AM at the International House of Pancakes (IHOP), 2216 Sunrise Blvd., Rancho Cordova (just north of Highway 50).

California Writers Club Sacramento Branch is an educational non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation serving writers in the greater Sacramento area. The organization is dedicated to the education and encouragement of writers at all levels of expertise in the craft of writing and in the marketing of their work.

For more information, contact group leader Bob Quinlan