The following books are suggested as supplementary reading on the history of San Diego. Some are readily available; others can be found only in the reference departments of public libraries.
Smythe, Wm. E.: History of San Diego, 1907.
Black, Samuel F.: San Diego County, California, 1913.
McGrew, Clarence A.: City of San Diego and San Diego County, 1922.
Heilbron, Carl H.: History of San Diego, 1936.
Davis, Edward J. P.: Historical San Diego, 1953.
Rush, Philip S.: A History of the Californias, 1958 (State and County).
LaForce, Beatrice: Alpine History, 1952.
Randolph, Howard S. F.: La Jolla Year by Year, 1946.
Gilbert, Anna M.: La Mesa Yesterday and Today, 1924.
Peterson, J. Harold: The Coronado Story, 1954.
Beckler, Marion: Palomar Mountain Past and Present, 1958.
McCain, Ella: Memories of Dulzura, Potrero and Campo, 1955.
Peet, Mary Rockwood: San Pasqual, a Crack in The Hills, 1949.
Phillips, Irene: The Story of El Rancho de la Nacion, 1959.
Esterbloom, Gloria L.: This, Our Beloved Valley (Sweetwater) 1954.
Davis, Abel: Valley Center, California.
Parker, Horace: Anza-Borrego Desert Guidebook, 1957.
Geiger, Fr. Maynard: The Life and Times of Fray Junipero Serra, 1959.
Engelhardt, Fr. Zephyrin:
San Diego Mission, 1920.
San Luis Rey Mission, 1921.
Carrillo, Fr. J. M.: The Story of Mission San Antonio de Pala, 1959.
Dana, Richard Henry: Two Years Before the Mast, 1840.
Robinson, Alfred: Life in California Before the Conquest, 1856.
Pattie, James Ohio: Personal Narrative, 1831.
Davis, Wm. Heath: Seventy-five Years in California, 1929.
Derby, George Horatio: Phoenixiana, 1856.
VanDyke, T. S.: Millionaires of a Day, 1890.
Gunn, Lewis C., and Elizabeth L.: Records of a California Family, 1928.
Marston, Mary Gilman: George White Marston, 1956.
Adams, H. Austin: The Man John D. Spreckels, 1924.
Fletcher, Ed: Memoirs, 1952.
Fenton, Laura: Henry Fenton, Typical American.
Holcomb, Wm. H.: Jack Dodge, His Life and Times, 1937.
DeFrate, Julia Flinn: This Was Yesterday, 1953.
Davidson, Winifred: Where California Began, 1929 (Point Loma).
Higgins, Shelley J.: This Fantastic City, 1956 (San Diego).
Miller, Max: Harbor of the Sun, 1940 (Port of San Diego).
Neuhaus, Eugen: The San Diego Garden Fair, 1916.
Requa, Richard S.: Inside Lights on San Diego’s Exposition, 1937.
Wegeforth, Harry M., and Morgan, Neil: It Began With a Roar, 1953 (San Diego Zoo)
Benchley, Belle J.: My Life in a Man-Made Jungle, 1940 (San Diego Zoo).
Woodbury, David O.: The Glass Giant of Palomar, 1944.
Greenwalt, Emmett A.: The Pt. Loma Community in California, 1955.
Phillips, Irene: The Railroad Story of San Diego County, 1956.
Bailey, Philip A.: Golden Mirages, 1948 (Mines).
Hill, Joseph J.: The History of Warner’s Ranch, 1927.
Brackett, R. W.: A History of the Ranchos, 1939 (San Diego County).
Mills, James: Historical Landmarks of San Diego County, 1959.
Carpenter, Ford A.: The Climate and Weather of San Diego, 1913.
Woodward, Arthur: Lances at San Pasqual, 1948 (The battle).
Bowman, Constance: Slacks and Callouses, 1944 (War workers).
Safley, James C.: Fishermen’s Pier, 1948 (At Oceanside).
Miller, Max: It Must Be the Climate, 1941.
Van der Veer, Judy: My Valley in the Sun, 1959.
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