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"Lavishly illustrated with beautiful, evocative watercolors, this record visits dozens of locations influential to the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Saroyan, best known for his play ""The Time of Your Life"". Accompanied by well-documented biographical research, this series of paintings highlights places critical to Saroyan's life, such as his family's ancestral home of Bitlis, Armenia; the Fred Finch Orphanage in Oakland, where he spent five years of his early childhood; and the MGM Studios in Los Angeles, where he enjoyed a short and tumultuous career as a screenwriter. The majority of this collection, however, explores the beloved vistas of Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley from which he drew his inspiration -- from the Armenian churches of Fresno to the sprawling vineyards of the surrounding California landscape."

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"""Pat Hunter, one of California's most recognized artists, is best known for her watercolor depictions of historical landmarks. Since the early 1990s, Hunter has been an invited artist-in-residence at the Yosemite National Park Art Center. Hunter's commissioned art can be found in numerous corporate and private collections, including more than 25 McDonald's restaurants throughout the United States. Hunter and writer Janice Stevens have collaborated on numerous books featuring Hunter's watercolors, including Fresno's Architectural Past, Volume I (2006); Fresno's Architectural Past, Volume II (2007); William Saroyan: Places in Time (2008); Remembering the California Missions (2010); and An Artist and a Writer Travel Highway 1 North (2012), all of which are available from Craven Street Books."" Janice Stevens is an author and instructor of English literature, composition and creative writing. Hunter and Stevens have collaborated on seven previous books on California locales."

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