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Baja Legends: The Historic Characters, Events and Locations That Put Baja California on the Map
The author of Baja Fever shares his extensive knowledge of the peninsula its colorful past and booming present in this easy to read reference book. History, lore, and amazing stories …
- Categories: Fiction/Biographies, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors, Mexico/Baja California.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 272
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780932653475
- Year Published: 2002
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Bodie: Good Times & Bad
Author Nicholas Clapp and photographer Will Furman portray Bodie in both vivid words and stunning photography—a town that had two sides, aptly described in an 1870s account… On the eve …
- Categories: California: Central and Northern, History/Lore/Native Americans, Natural History/Ecology.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 144
- Dimensions: 10 x 9
- ISBN: 9781941384268
- Year Published: 2017
- Language: English
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Cave Paintings of Baja California: Discovering the Great Murals of an Unknown People
A full-color account of the great murals of a forgotten people. Depicts the author’s discovery and documentation of a world-class archaeological region in remote central Baja.
- Categories: History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors, Mexico/Baja California.
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 256
- Dimensions: 10 x 10
- ISBN: 9780932653239
- Year Published: 1997
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 39.95$ 31.95 Add to cart -
Courage To Heal
Kaiser Permanente began at the height of the Great Depression with a 12 bed hospital in the Mojave Desert. When Sidney R. Garfield, MD, saw thousands of men building the …
- Categories: Fiction/Biographies, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 248
- Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5
- ISBN: 9780932653857
- Year Published: 2007
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 14.95$ 11.95 Add to cart -
Desert Bighorn Sheep: Wilderness Icon
Desert Bighorn Sheep Wilderness Icon is the most comprehensive photographic work on this elusive symbol of the deserts of the southwest United States and northern Mexico. Photographer Jeff Young worked …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Local Authors, Natural History/Ecology, Outdoor/Travel/Trail Maps.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 160
- Dimensions: 9 x 10
- ISBN: 9781941384008
- Year Published: 2014
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 29.95$ 23.95 Add to cart -
Gateway To Alta California: The Expedition to San Diego, 1769
The story of the Spanish expedition to found San Diego is told through diary excerpts and the author’s comments, taking the reader day-by-day on the journey through the unexplored, desolate …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Fiction/Biographies, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors, Mexico/Baja California.
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 244
- Dimensions: 9 x 11
- ISBN: 9780932653574
- Year Published: 2002
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Geology & Enology of the Temecula Valley: Riverside County, California, 2nd Edition
Temecula Valley’s ideal combination of well-drained soils and unique microclimate helped it become the successful wine-producing region that it is today. The San Diego Association of Geologists returns to the …
- Categories: California: General, Geoscience, Local Authors, Outdoor/Travel/Trail Maps.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 252
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9781941384619
- Year Published: 2021
- Language: English
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
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Geology and History of Southeastern San Diego County California
This guidebook includes the San Diego Association Geologists’ 2005 and 2006 field trips. We begin our exploration in the Peninsular Ranges Batholith in southern San Diego County along historic Old …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 208
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9780916251789
- Year Published: 2006
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
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Geology and Natural History of Camp Pendleton
This guidebook includes the San Diego Association of Geologists’ 1994 field trip through Camp Pendleton. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton covers an area of approximately 200 square miles, extending from …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 106
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9780916251147
- Year Published: 2010
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
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Geology of Elsinore Fault Zone, San Diego Region
This book covers the geology of the southern Elsinore fault zone, in eastern San Diego and western Imperial Counties. Includes a self-guiding field trip which parallels the fault zone through …
- Categories: California: Los Angeles/Orange County, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 209
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9780916251659
- Year Published: 2003
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
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Geology of the Coyote Mountains, Southern California
Anyone interested in the rich and complex geology of the Coyote Mountains will find this book useful for interpreting the Paleozoic metamorphic rocks of a rifted continental margin, Mesozoic igneous …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Geoscience, Natural History/Ecology.
- Format: Softcover
- Dimensions: 8.5
- ISBN: 9781941384213
- Year Published: 2015
- Language: English
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
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Gold and Silver In The Mojave: Images of a Last Frontier
In the 1890s, historian Frederick Jackson Turner lamented that the frontier was gone and with it the Old West, but overlooked was some 50,000 square miles of a frontier line …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 200
- Dimensions: 9 x 10
- ISBN: 9780932653062
- Year Published: 2012
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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HELP! San Diego Lifeguards to the Rescue:: "A History of Their Service Volume 1 1868-1941 "
This compelling, comprehensive, and very readable history of lifeguards along the San Diego Coast follows the evolution and acceptance of the need for public safety and the development of agencies …
- Categories: California: San Diego, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 228
- Dimensions: 7 x 9
- ISBN: 9781941384398
- Year Published: 2018
- Language: English
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 19.95$ 15.95 Add to cart -
Julian-Banner Mining District:: A Road to Gold
The “Julian-Banner Mining District: A Road to Gold“, provides a written history of the San Diego Association of Geologists 2017 field trip, supplemented with professional quality papers that enhance the guidebook …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 186
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 978191384404
- Year Published: 2017
- Language: English
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
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Las Vegas Legends: What Happened In Vegas...
Tells the stories behind the headlines and history of “The Entertainment Capital of the World” aka “Sin City”— Vegas! From the first explorers and early founders to the famed entrepreneurs …
- Categories: Fiction/Biographies, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors, United States: Central and Eastern.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 320
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780932653987
- Year Published: 2011
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Mines and Geology of the Randsburg Area: An Historical Gem of the Mojave Desert
The western Mojave Desert region takes its rightful place in the storied history of major Old West mining camps in this volume by geology professor Dee Trent. The Randsburg area …
- Categories: California: General, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 38
- Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5
- ISBN: 9780916251772
- Year Published: 2006
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
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Mining History and Geology of Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park, one of the Big Four of California’s world-class desert preserves, protects over 1000 square miles of magnificent desert and mountain wilderness in three major ecosystems, the …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, Natural History/Ecology.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 120
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780916251703
- Year Published: 2004
- Language: English
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
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Mojave Desert Unfolded: Geology From Cajon Pass to Calico Mountains
This guidebook covers the 2018 San Diego Association of Geologists annual field trip to the Mojave Desert. It will take you across tectonic plates, faults and folds. You will be …
- Categories: California: Central and Northern, California: General, Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, Local Authors, Outdoor/Travel/Trail Maps.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 78
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9781941384602
- Year Published: 2021
- Language: English
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
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Other Side: Journeys In Baja California
In an increasingly multi-cultural society, The Other Side is a travel memoir for our times. It explores the world of the border where landscapes are both subjective and objective, and …
- Categories: Fiction/Biographies, Local Authors, Mexico/Baja California, Outdoor/Travel/Trail Maps.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 176
- Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5
- ISBN: 9780932653253
- Year Published: 1998
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Palm Springs Legends: Creation of a Desert Oasis
Palm Springs—for years a desert hideaway for celebrities—has a history as unique and varied as its residents. Nestled against lofty Mt. San Jacinto, the oasis of Palm Springs was the …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Fiction/Biographies, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 304
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780932653741
- Year Published: 2005
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Palms To Pines *limited shelfworn stock available*: Geological and Historical Excursions Through the Palm Springs Region, Riverside County, California
Limited shelfworn stock available. Reprint arriving soon. Published by San Diego Association of Geologists, Inc. and Distributed by Sunbelt Publications — Road logs for two self-guided field trips cover over …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 266
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9780916251246
- Year Published: 2012
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
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Picacho and The Cargo Muchachos 2nd Edition: Gold, Guns, and Geology of Eastern Imperial County, California
The subtitle says it all about the harsh, raw beauty of a little-known but intriguing corner of the vast California desert. Its beckoning red and purple landscapes are bounded on …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 256
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9781941384077
- Year Published: 2015
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
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San Diego Legends: The Events, People, and Places That Made History, 2nd Edition
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.
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San Diego: California’s Cornerstone 2nd Edition
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.
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San Luis Rey On Display
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
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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.
$ 16.95$ 13.50 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$ 7.95 Add to cart -
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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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.
$ 25.95$ 19.95 Add to cart -
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