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Milpitas - History and Folklore Books
& Videos
Here's a list of recommended books about the history and folklore
of Milpitas and Santa Clara Valley, chosen by your Go Milpitas
Guide for their outstanding features and editorial excellence.
Milpitas : 'a Century of Little Cornfields,' 1852-1952
by Patricia Loomis
(Special Order) (Local History Studies, V. 30); We used
this book for studying local history and riding our bikes to
the various historical sites around town, reading about what
had happened at each site as we were right there. It's serious
history: very thoroughly done. Paperback
Note: This book is also available through the Milpitas
Historical Society for $8 (paperback) and $18 (hardcover). Contact
Mabel Mattos, 408-262-0290. You'll pay less for a new book than
you'd pay used on Amazon.
- Milpitas
Monster
Plot: A fly mutated into monstrous size at the Alviso
Dump terrorizes Milpitas, dumping trash cans and making off with
the prom queen. Filmed by a high school class, but at a professional
level. Features many prominent citizens still active in the community
today. To read green text, click
here or on the green text to enlarge.
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 - Milpitas Monster
- Starring: Doug Hagdahl, Paul Frees
- Director: Robert L. Burrill
- A monster created from the local garbage dump; local pollution terrorizes 1970's Milpitas, CA.
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 Ohlone Way
by Malcolm Margolin
How the Ohlone Indians lived in the SF Bay Area for 10,000 years
and then were tragically decimated during the Mission period.
1981 Paperback
 River's
Edge - the Movie (DVD)
Not for sale to persons under age 18. Movie was banned from Milpitas
theaters in 1987 when it came out. Not our proudest moment.
River's Edge is ultimately a study of kids who are so
numbed by drugs, casual parenting, and the ever present threat
of nuclear war that not even death can get a rise out of them.
A young Keanu Reeves is surprisingly poised as Matt, the one
character with a few shreds of empathy left.
Starring: Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Dennis
Hopper, et al.
Director: Tim Hunter
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