History/Lore/Native Americans
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The Franciscan Missions of California, 1769-1823: A New Look at the 22 Franciscan Missions
The California Franciscan missions comprise of a series of 22 religious missions (outposts) founded between 769 and 1832. The Franciscan missions examined in this book are located in the land …
- Categories: California: General, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 124
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5
- ISBN: 9781532332531
- Year Published: 2017
- Language: English
- Publisher: M & E Books
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The History & Mystery of the Whaley House: Old Town, San Diego
Built in 1858, the Whaley House is one of the oldest structures in San Diego, and is considered to be one of the most haunted houses in America. The story …
- Categories: California: San Diego, History/Lore/Native Americans.
- Format: Softcover
- Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5
- ISBN: 9780980095036
- Year Published: 2016
- Language: English
- Publisher: Save Our Heritage Organization
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The Outlaw’s Violin: Or Farewell, Old West
A battered and broken homemade violin, discovered at a Mojave Desert swap meet, was to provide an insight into the life of Billy “Kid” Fraser. Born on the planks of …
- Categories: California: Central and Northern, California: General, Deserts: California and Southwest, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors, United States: Western.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 152
- Dimensions: 7 x 9
- ISBN: 9781941384497
- Year Published: 2019
- Language: English
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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The Wooden Bells of Mission San Buenaventura
While the intrigue and romance of bells have, for centuries, captured the imagination of people from all walks of life, the bells found in the museum of the mission in …
- Categories: California: Los Angeles/Orange County, History/Lore/Native Americans.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 126
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5
- ISBN: 9781532327605
- Year Published: 2016
- Language: English
- Publisher: M & E Books
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Thirst For Independence: The San Diego Water Story
A combination of history and current events coverage, this book depicts dramatically San Diego’s long and desperate search for an independent and reliable water supply source. Modern water distribution is …
- Categories: California: San Diego, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors, Natural History/Ecology.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 176
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780932653628
- Year Published: 2004
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Tom Hom: Rabbit On A Bumpy Road
RABBIT ON A BUMPY ROAD is Tom Hom’s memoir—a story of courage and endurance in meeting life’s challenges to achieve “The American Dream.” Tom was born into a Chinese family in …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Fiction/Biographies, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 392
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9781941384114
- Year Published: 2015
- Language: English
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Universal Tool Kit: Out of Africa To Native California
The making and use of stone tools by Native Californians followed a pattern from the earliest Stone Age in Africa. It was a universal survival kit surprisingly similar the world …
- Categories: California: General, History/Lore/Native Americans, Natural History/Ecology.
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 314
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780979378010
- Year Published: 2014
- Publisher: Paul D. Campbell
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Unmaking of Americans: 7 Lives
Dorothy Dandridge, Bettie Page, Joey Stefano, Margaret Fuller, Margaret Sanger, Bayard Rustin, Billy Stayhorn. The Unmaking of American 7 Lives sketches an accurate outline of these admirable, complex, and in …
- Categories: Fiction/Biographies, History/Lore/Native Americans.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 138
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780976580164
- Year Published: 2007
- Publisher: San Diego City Works Press
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Virginia City: To Dance with the Devil
Where else but in Virginia City could a penniless Irish miner in a few short years amass a fortune greater than any of America’s robber barons, simply by dint of …
- Categories: History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors, United States: Western.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 216
- Dimensions: 9 x 10
- ISBN: 9781941384152
- Year Published: 2015
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Waiting For Tsunami: Coastal Hazards of San Diego County, California
This volume, named for the traverse across the region’s mountainous spine, explores yet another aspect of little-known features of coastal attractions familiar to millions and “roads less traveled” along Old …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 268
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780916251239
- Year Published: 2012
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
$ 24.95 Add to cart