History/Lore/Native Americans
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Sheep on the Brink: A History of the Bighorn Institute
Sheep on the Brink is a brief and entertaining monograph detailing the habits and character of the federally endangered Peninsular bighorn sheep and how the Bighorn Institute, a small privately …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors, Natural History/Ecology, Outdoor/Travel/Trail Maps.
- Format: SC
- Pages: 63
- Dimensions: 7.5
- ISBN: 9780578445328
- Year Published: 2019
- Language: English
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Stories of San Diego: A Collection About People of Color and Covid
During the COVID-19 pandemic, San Diego resident Lindsay M. Hood, an award-winning local news producer, embarked on a unique community project to capture the diverse experiences of people of color …
- Categories: California: San Diego, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Publisher: San Diego City Works Press
$ 19.95 Add to cart -
Strangers In A Stolen Land **Out of Stock**: Indians of San Diego County from Prehistory to the New Deal
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, 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.
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Sugar Bear Story: A Barbareno Chumash Tale
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.
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Tequila, Lemon & Salt: From Baja… Tales of Love, Faith - and Magic
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, 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*
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
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, 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
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, 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 -
The Man Who Lit Lady Liberty: The Extraordinary Rise and Fall of Actor M.B. Curtis
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, History/Lore/Native Americans.
- Format: SC
- Pages: 307
- Dimensions: 9 x 6
- ISBN: 9780967820460
- Year Published: 2019
- Language: English
- Publisher: RSB Books
$ 19.95 Add to cart -
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.
$ 16.95 Add to cart -
The Whaley Family, Past and Presence: The Story Behind America's Most Haunted House®
The Whaley Family, Past and Presence offers a captivating exploration into San Diego’s rich history, masterfully woven by Garner Palenske. The book begins by setting the stage with the early …
- Categories: Biography, California: San Diego, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: SC
- Pages: 108
- Dimensions: 6
- ISBN: 9798218404659
- Year Published: 2024
- Language: English
$ 19.95 Add to cart -
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.
$ 9.95 Add to cart -
Tom Hom **OUT OF PRINT** Ebook Available via Amazon: Rabbit On A Bumpy Road
**Available as an eBook. Please check with your preferred online source for availability – 9781941384039.** RABBIT ON A BUMPY ROAD is Tom Hom’s memoir—a story of courage and endurance …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Fiction, 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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Universal Tool Kit **Shelfworn**: 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
$ 9.95 Add to cart -
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, History/Lore/Native Americans.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 138
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780976580164
- Year Published: 2007
- Publisher: San Diego City Works Press
$ 12.95 Add to cart