Exploring Chico’s Past And Other Essays

Michele Shover, who was born and raised in Iowa, is on the faculty of California State University, Chico, California, where she has been Professor of Political Science since 1968. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Arizona, Tempe, and her doctorate at Tulane University, New Orleans. She served as chair of her department in the 1970s. She has published extensively, principally in the field of local history, and has a forthcoming book on Indian/settler relations in northern California in the 1850s and 1860s.