Books on Baja History make up much of my collection, I find reading than going south and seeing the sites fascinating!
When I am not in Baja absorbing the history live, then I have these books to read about what happened on the peninsula a long time ago.
The front of the book, or the inside title page if the cover is plain:
My collection of the Dawson Baja California Traveler Series
There are more, but you get the idea... lot's has been written about the peninsula we love... it affects everyone who has gone there.
[Edited on 6-21-2012 by David K]
Quality library David
John M - 6-20-2012 at 05:39 PM
Some of the more important "secondary" sources are in your collection.
The bibliographies in many of these books are another source of more detailed information, and primary source mateials, although you must be able to
read Spanish to benefit from their contribution in many instances. Also listed in many of these books are institutions which house many rare documents
and first person accounts.
I'm so pleased with your willingness to share David.David K - 6-20-2012 at 05:55 PM
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Originally posted by John M
Some of the more important "secondary" sources are in your collection.
The bibliographies in many of these books are another source of more detailed information, and primary source mateials, although you must be able to
read Spanish to benefit from their contribution in many instances. Also listed in many of these books are institutions which house many rare documents
and first person accounts.
I'm so pleased with your willingness to share David.
There are a few 'original' books, by the padres, but yes to others being secondary sources. As one who is not able to go to the all libraries (in
Spain, Mexico and California) where the original texts are archived, I must go to the next line of information: books from the last centuary to this
one. By having multiple sources, one can cross reference and pick out the 'best sounding facts' when there is contradiction.
I also wish to give a HUGE thank you to my fellow Baja history buffs and book collectors who have shared their treasures with me to help with my
research! Here are three wonderful books from the Dawson collection I am borrowing right now (and taking wonderful care of them)!
Ken Cooke - 6-20-2012 at 07:47 PM
Please, keep cranking out the books, David K. We need all of the Baja authors we can get!woody with a view - 6-20-2012 at 08:48 PM
funny thing i noticed. your books are stored on the shelf so you need to tilt your head to the left to read the spine. mine are the opposite. tilt to
the right. you need to change them around!David K - 6-21-2012 at 08:08 AM
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Originally posted by woody with a view
funny thing i noticed. your books are stored on the shelf so you need to tilt your head to the left to read the spine. mine are the opposite. tilt to
the right. you need to change them around!
Good eye Woody... but it is only backwards with the Dawson books (Baja California Travelers Series)... In the photo of my collection of them, I also
include the Baja Railways book, that was republished as a Dawson book later. Notice it is upside down to match the spine of the others!David K - 6-21-2012 at 08:46 AM
Dr. Michael Mathes has been writing about Baja history for many years, one of his latest books, from 2009...
David K - 6-22-2012 at 09:15 AM
This book is quite a great one because the author (Marquis McDonald) shortly after WWII decided to take their Jeep into Baja to visit all the missions
(and many visitas), and may have been the first Americans to take on the challange. It was Fall of 1949 when they headed south and didn't return until
Spring, the next year. A few missions had to be reached on the backs of burros... The book wasn't published until 1968. Photos of most of the mission
sites are in this book, as well as additional photos taken by McDonald are on the Internet: http://libraries.ucsd.edu/speccoll/baja/mcdonald/mcdonald01....
Mexico 1 (in 1949) south of Punta Prieta... and remained like this until mid 1973!
bajalera - 8-25-2012 at 07:44 PM
About the lettering on book spines that Woody mentioned--I have the complete Baja Travel series, in which the titles are placed in the opposite
direction from books in English. Perhaps Glen Dawson made this decision because that's the way Spanish titles are traditionally positioned, but it
drives me nuts.David K - 8-25-2012 at 11:12 PM
Great to see you on Nomad, BajaLera! I am looking forward to seeing your book published!
