David K
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David K's Baja Book Collection: Guidebooks
Not in order, just as I pull them off my bookshelf. However, I will begin with the all time finest guide to Baja ever published...
Lower California Guidebook by Peter Gerhard & Howard Gulick... I have all four editions (1956, 1958, 1962, 1967). There were reprints in 1964 and
1970, as well.
Baja California Guidebook by Walt Wheelock & Howard Gulick (a revised Lower California Guidebook for the new highway and other changes, 1975)
Baja Road Log by Walt Wheelock (Walt felt the need to publish a newer guide himself in 1987)
Camping and Climbing in Baja by John W. Robinson, 1967-1983 editions.
Rockhounding in Baja by W.R.C. Shedenhelm
Baja California Mexico Guide by Cliff Cross, 1970-1974 editions.
Offbeat Baja by Jim Hunter, 1977
The Baja Book by Tom Miller and Elmar Baxter, 1974 also The Baja Book II (1979), Baja Book III (1987), and Baja Book IV (by Ginger Potter, 1996)
Baja Traveler by Airguide Publications, 1974, 1988
Adventure To Land's End (The Wonders of Baja California) by Paul Fischer, 1975
The Baja Adventure Book by Walt Peterson, 1987, 1992, 1998.
Exploring Baja By RV by Walt Peterson and Michael Peterson, 1996
Mexico's Baja (Sanborn's Travelog Series), 1999.
National Parks of Northern Mexico by Richard D. Fisher, 1994.
Baja California Road Log by Connie Ellig and David Hopps, 2000
The Magnificent Peninsula by Jack Williams, 1987
Roadside Geology and Biology of Baja California by John Minch, 1998
Sunset Travel Guide to Baja California by Ken and Caroline Bates, 1971
Backroad Baja by Patti and Tom Higginbotham, 1996
Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California by Ron H. McPeak
Hot Springs and Hot Pools of the Southwest by Marjorie Gersh-Young, 2004
Baja California Plant Field Guide by Norman C. Roberts, 1989
AAA's Mexico's Baja California by David J. Brackney, 2004 as well as all the Auto Club Baja guides and maps back to the 60's.
Eating Your Way Through Baja by Tom Miller, 1986
Mulege by Kerry G. Otterstrom, 1989
Bicycling Baja by Bonnie Wong, 1988
Launch Ramps of Baja California by Mike Bales, 1992
Baja by Doug Richmond, 1970
The New Baja Handbook for the Off-Pavement Motorist in Lower California by James T. Crow, 1973
You Decide Travel Guide: Loerto, Mexico by Brett Wyatt, 2005
Baja California (Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit) by Scott Wayne and Wayne Bernhardson, 1994
Moon Handbooks BAJA by Joe Cummings, 2003
Camping Mexico's Baja by Mike & Terri Church, 2006
"...of Sea and Sand." A Drama of Two Living Deserts by Bruce F. Barber, 2003
Baja California Diver's Guide by Mike B. Farley and Lauren K. Farley
Airports of Baja California by Arnold Senterfitt, 4th edition- 17th edition (60's to 1987)
Air Baja! by Galen L. Hanselman, 1998
The Baja Catch by Neil Kelly and Gene Kira, 1993
Baja Sea Guide by Leland R. Lewis, 1971
Boating Guide to Mexico West Coast Edition by John Rains and Patricia Miller, 1995
Also the Baja Atlas and Baja Almanac map books by Landon S. Crumpton...
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David K
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I didn't include the two guidebooks I wrote in the 70's in my list (I figured you guys would already know they were included!)
Here is the cover of my 1975 Roadguide... that made up half of this special edition of the Baja California Bulletin Magazine, published by Luisa
Porter... The center photo is my mom and Juncalito's Ramon Villalejo.
[Edited on 3-22-2007 by David K]
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David K
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Here's the first book I wrote in July, 1973, I was 15... self published it with help from my sister and brother-in-law... sold every copy I made
(except for this one I kept).
It was a road log of Hwy. 1 from Tijuana to Puerto Escondido covering all the newest construction of the new highway, before it was completed.
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Fatboy
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That is quite a collection, David. That is one thing that I was a little dissapointed about when I stayed at Baja Cactus. I heard rumors about a
possible library there and I was really looking foward to reading some Baja History.
You have probably spent your life getting a collection like that, you know you can send them up to me to read and when I am done I will send them
back, I promise.
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David K
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Thanks Fatboy,
The Baja Cactus / El Rosario Baja Book Library is not yet open, but the donations for books continues... I go to used book stores all the time and buy
books to donate to the future library.
Antonio will be building more rooms after his mini market next to the gas station is done. One of the new rooms will be a hospitality center and that
will probably be where the Baja Book Library will be.
Antonio will have something worked out so that none of these books 'get lost'... That would be the primary concern, as they are a valuable resource.
John M has posted the list of the collection contents, so far.
As for my personal library... Mi casa es tu casa... Baja Nomads are welcome to come over, enjoy a beer or soda, look at my books, use my copy machine,
look at Baja movies, etc. Just give me a heads up when you can come over.
Neal Johns has a bigger Baja collection than I, and he is very hospitable man. You have to love huskys, however!
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bajalera
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Impressive list, DK!
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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David K
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Posts: 64855
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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Here is the bookcase in the Baja Cactus Motel lobby that was built to hold the Baja book collection... Something to look forward to, in El Rosario.
Thanks Lera! It has been something I have been building since the 1960's. Neal Johns' collection is bigger and he inspires me to keep adding...
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