San Diego Yesterday

San Diego Yesterday
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 186
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ISBN-10 : 9781625840448
ISBN-13 : 1625840446
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Book Synopsis San Diego Yesterday by : Richard W. Crawford

Download or read book San Diego Yesterday written by Richard W. Crawford and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Diego today is a vibrant and bustling coastal city, but it wasn't always so. The city's transformation from a rough-hewn border town and frontier port to a vital military center was marked by growing pains and political clashes. Civic highs and criminal lows have defined San Diego's rise through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries into a preeminent Sun Belt city. Historian Richard W. Crawford recalls the significant events and one-of-a-kind characters like benefactor Frank "Booze" Beyer, baseball hero Albert Spalding and novelist Scott O'Dell. Join Crawford for a collection that recounts how San Diego yesterday laid the foundation for the city's bright future.


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