History/Lore/Native Americans
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Rock Art of the Grand Canyon Region
The rich photography and narrative in this book presents an overview of approximately 5,000 years of Native American rock art painted and engraved on the canyon walls and boulders within …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 272
- Dimensions: 9 x 10
- ISBN: 9780932653093
- Year Published: 2013
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 24.95 Add to cart -
Rock Art Papers, Volume 19
Editors: Anne McConnellKen Hedges
This volume of Rock Art Papers presents the results of research on petroglyphs and pictographs with emphasis on southern California, the Southwest, and Baja California as presented at the annual …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Deserts: California and Southwest, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors, Mexico/Baja California.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 168
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9780996975810
- Year Published: 2018
- Language: English
- Publisher: San Diego Rock Art Association
$ 20.00 Add to cart -
San Diego: An Introduction To The Region, 5th Ed
Author: Philip R. Pryde
San Diego An Introduction to the Region is an invaluable one-volume reference to San Diego’s unique history, natural features, and earth science. Subjects included are geology, natural resources, agriculture, climate, …
- Categories: California: San Diego, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors, Natural History/Ecology.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 336
- Dimensions: 7 x 9
- ISBN: 9781941384022
- Year Published: 2014
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 27.95 Add to cart -
San Diego County Place Names, A To Z
Author: Leland Fetzer
Have you ever wondered “Why did they name it that?” This easy-to-read book filled with little known facts from across San Diego County can help answer that question. From the earliest …
- Categories: California: San Diego, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 170
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780932653734
- Year Published: 2005
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 5.00 Add to cart -
San Diego Legends: The Events, People, and Places That Made History, 2nd Edition
Author: Jack Scheffler Innis
San Diego journalist Jack Innis describes the many fascinating people and events that influenced the development of San Diego, plus the colorful characters and groups that made headlines in the …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Fiction/Biographies, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 304
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9781941384015
- Year Published: 2015
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 17.95 Add to cart -
San Diego Specters
Author: John J. Lamb
San Diego Specters is an entertaining investigation into haunted sites—some famous and others obscure—throughout San Diego County. Fresh witness accounts are combined with genuine historical research on each of the …
- Categories: California: San Diego, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 192
- Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5
- ISBN: 9780932653321
- Year Published: 2000
- Language: English
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 18.95 Add to cart -
San Diego: California’s Cornerstone 2nd Edition
Author: Iris Engstrand
This work is a sweeping history of the region from the time of its indigenous people to the 21st c. Chapters cover the Spanish, Mexican, Victorian, WWI and WWII eras …
- Categories: California: San Diego, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors, Natural History/Ecology.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 360
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9781941384244
- Year Published: 2016
- Language: English
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 19.95 Add to cart -
San Luis Rey On Display
Editor: Brian J. Olson
San Luis Rey on Display- Geo-science in Northern San Diego County is a guidebooks and collection of papers prepared to accompany San Diego Association of Geologists’ (SDAG) 2013 annual field …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 194
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9780916251369
- Year Published: 2013
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
$ 34.95 Add to cart -
Seismic Risk in the San Diego County Region/Proceedings: Special Focus on the Rose Canyon Fault System
Editor: Sue Tanges
This record of the 1989 workshop on the seismicity of the San Diego area explores the multitude of fault lines that run through the region. Special attention is given to …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 151
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: SDAG89
- Year Published: 1989
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
$ 10.00 Add to cart -
Selected Artwork – Fossil Treasures of the Anza-Borrego Desert: The Last Seven Million Years -
Editors: George T. JeffersonLowell Lindsay
Selected artwork from the book includes a full- color Anza-Borrego map, four 8 1/2″ x 11″ scenes, and five 25 1/2″ x 11″ landscapes. Printed on high-quality, gloss paper. Each …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans.
- Format: Poster
- Pages: 10
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9780932653758
- Year Published: 2005
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 5.00 Add to cart -
Strangers In A Stolen Land: Indians of San Diego County from Prehistory to the New Deal
Author: Richard Carrico
The story of the Native Americans of San Diego County from 1850 through the 1930’s is told from their prehistoric origins through the Spanish, Mexican, and American periods. The history …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Fiction/Biographies, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 216
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780932653826
- Year Published: 2008
- Language: English
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 16.95 Add to cart -
Sugar Bear Story: A Barbareno Chumash Tale
Author: Mary J. Yee
Illustrator: Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto
This children’s tale is based on a Chumash oral legend about how to be a good host. Brightly illustrated by the author, the book incorporates Chumash words and traditional designs, …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Children/Young Adult, History/Lore/Native Americans.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 32
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9780932653703
- Year Published: 2005
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 12.95 Add to cart -
Tequila, Lemon & Salt: From Baja… Tales of Love, Faith - and Magic
Author: Daniel Reveles
The border town of Tecate comes to colorful life and the lives of its inhabitants unfold, full of surprises and a few broken dreams in this new collection of stories …
- Categories: Fiction/Biographies, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors, Mexico/Baja California.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 208
- Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5
- ISBN: 9780932653659
- Year Published: 2004
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 14.95 Add to cart -
The Cuyamacas: The Story of San Diego's High Country *out of stock*
Author: Leland Fetzer
An informal and engaging history of San Diego’s own mountain district, from the late 1700s and the founding of the first permanent settlements in the Cuyamacas, up to the 2003 …
- Categories: California: San Diego, History/Lore/Native Americans.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 384
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780932653949
- Year Published: 2008
- Language: English
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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The Encyclopedia of Rebels
Author: Mel Freilicher
In The Encyclopedia of Rebels, Mel Freilicher continues his lifelong engagement with the intersections between history, fantasy, and memoir. The narrator throughout is a college teacher and community activist struggling …
- Categories: All Regions, Fiction/Biographies, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 116
- ISBN: 9780983783725
- Year Published: 2013
- Language: English
- Publisher: San Diego City Works Press
$ 13.95 Add to cart -
The Man Who Lit Lady Liberty: The Extraordinary Rise and Fall of Actor M.B. Curtis
Author: Richard Schwartz
Winner of the 2018 Bronze IPPY for biography, The Man Who Lit Lady Liberty tells the biography of immigrant actor M.B. Curtis who saved the Statue of Liberty in 1886, …
- Categories: California: Central and Northern, Fiction/Biographies, History/Lore/Native Americans.
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 307
- Dimensions: 6.25 x 9.25
- ISBN: 9780967820453
- Year Published: 2017
- Language: English
- Publisher: RSB Books
$ 29.95 Add to cart