Dillon, Richard H.

Richard Hugh Dillon was born Jan. 16, 1924 in Sausalito, CA; AB (1948), AM (1949), and BLS (1950), UC Berkeley; asst. librarian (1950-53) and librarian (1953-79), Sutro Library, San Francisco; author of many articles and books on California, including: California trail herd (1961), The legend of Grizzly Adams (1966), Fool's gold : the biography of John Sutter (1967), Humbugs and heroes : a gallery of California pioneers (1970), and Delta country (1982).

From the description of Papers, 1957- (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39215032

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