San Diego Legends: The Events, People, and Places That Made History 2nd Edition - Softcover

Innis, Jack Scheffler

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1941384013 ISBN 13: 9781941384015

Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, 2014

Synopsis

San Diego Legends, Second Edition brings together for the first time the extraordinary accounts of famous and infamous people, places, and events in San Diego's past. Some of history's most colorful characters have made headlines in San Diego and this book has the stories behind the news stories. These fascinating accounts range from the 1852 murder of the city's first mayor to the glamorous lives of modern stars of stage and screen who called San Diego home. The author has also researched a dozen Indian tribal tales including an unusual Kumeyaay creation legend!

About this title

About the Author:

Jack Innis is an award-winning local journalist who has written extensively on the weird and wonderful history of San Diego. A long-time surfer and boating enthusiast, he is the local media relations representative of the International Game Fish Association. Formerly editor of the San Diego Log, Innis is a freelance editor and writer who lives in San Diego with his wife and daughter.

Review:

Jack Scheffler Innis has done the near-impossible, turning local history into a can't-put it- down epic. The usual suspects are all here Padre Serra, Wyatt Earp, Charles Rainmaker Hatfield but I was captivated by the unusual suspects...Felicita, the angel of the Battle of San Pasqual; the whale bombers of Ballast Point; the Lost Frenchman Mine; Zorine, Queen of the Nudists...and much more. This lavishly illustrated book is conclusive proof that, yes, there is more to San Diego than a zoo. --Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune

San Diego Legends contains dozens of remarkable tales each one furthering our understanding of how this region was developed and settled. It's a book you'll want to have and to share. --Mike Harris, Editor, San Diego Log

The colorful characters, old legends, and odd events described in San Diego Legends will help local travelers appreciate the often-quirky history of the San Diego region. --Jerry Schad, Afoot and Afield in San Diego County

About this edition

• Publisher: Sunbelt Publications
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1941384013
• ISBN 13: 9781941384015
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 290