Author: Herbert Lockwood. Published by The San Diego Independent, 1967, (This is a 2nd Ed. 1968). Printed in USA. Excellent Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 10.75 x 8 inch, 143 pages.
San Diego's Hysterical History is "Fallout from the Skeleton's Closet" written years ago by talented local newspaper editor Herbert Lockwood. Here's where you can again enjoy his tales of eccentric kooks, and the many other oddball men and women, whose antics made America's Finest City the superior attraction it is today. ย
Begin with Jaguarina who fought from horseback with a broadsword. Visit the Stingaree where the real action was in the 1880s. Consider piracy as a fine profession for the red-blooded youth of San Diego. Meet the only Republican and his party-voting dog Patrick. Inspect the Mormon Coal Mine, which lost the City's future to seawater. Dodge noisy shot and shell of San Diego's only military battle in the bay. Meet Saw and Hatchet, perpetually loathsome and eventually happy. Flee the city in fear of bombardment from the pirate ship "Itata." Read about the Star hoax that took Los Angeles for a ride. Dive for the Solana Beach galleon's gold doubloons. Wonder about Hatfield the rainmaker who flooded it all. Plus dozens more amazing reports of history as it really was...and never taught in schools.ย
