Quote of the day
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Kevin Starr
Born: September 3, 1940
Died: January 14, 2017 (aged 76)
Bio: Kevin Owen Starr was an American historian and Caliifornia's State Librarian, best known for his multi-volume series on the history of California, collectively called "Americans and the California Dream."
Known for:
- Material dreams (1990)
- Golden Dreams (2009)
- Endangered dreams (1996)
- The dream endures (1997)