BOOKS

There are hundreds (if not thousands) of wonderful, exciting and informative books that have been written about Los Angeles, dealing with everything from before the founding of El Pueblo de La Reina de Los Angeles in 1781 to present day life.

Listed below are two lists which contain the following:

1. LOS ANGELES HISTORY BOOKS. Books that primarily relate to Los Angeles' history in some fashion. Some are about history per se, some contain photographs, and some contain general information. The common link is that all of the listed books are connected to Los Angeles. Some may be out of print and difficult to find, but they are available. Some of these books are in the library of Las Angelitas del Pueblo, and some are not. If you have any suggestions for additions (or deletions) to this list, please email us at info@lasangelitas.org.

2. LAS ANGELITAS DEL PUEBLO LIBRARY BOOKS. A listing of all of the books that are contained in the library of Las Angelitas del Pueblo, alphabetically by author. These books are available to be checked out (with some exceptions as noted below), only by members of Las Angelitas del Pueblo. For more information on how to check out these books, please email us at info@lasangelitas.org.

 

LOS ANGELES HISTORY BOOKS

Apostol, Jane, The Historical Society of Southern California, A Centennial History 1891-1991 (Premier Printing Corporation/Sultana Press, 1991)

Bell, Major Horace, Reminiscences of a Ranger (Wallace Hebberd, 1927)

Birmingham, Stephen, California Rich (Simon and Schuster, 1980)

Caughey, John & Laree, Los Angeles: Biography of a City (University of California Press, 1976)

Cleland, Robert Glass, The Cattle of a Thousand Hills: Southern California, 1850-1880 (Hintington Library Publication, 1941)

Davis, Mike, Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster (Metropolitan Books, 1998)

Dawes, Amy, Sunset Boulevard, Cruising the Heart of Los Angeles (Los Angeles Times Books, 2002)

Dawes, Amy, Michael Diehl, Carla Lazzareschi and Stacey Strickler, Imagining Los Angeles, Photographs of a 20th Century City (Los Angeles Times, 2000)

DeLyser, Dydia, Ramona Memories (University of Minnesota Press, 2005)

DeMarco, Gordon, A Short History of Los Angeles (Lexicos, 1988)

Deverell, William, Railroad Crossing: Californians and the Railroad 1850-1910, (University of California Press, 1994)

Deverell, William, Whitewashed Abode (University of California Press, 2004)

Dumke, Glenn S., The Boom of the Eighties in Southern California, (Huntington Library Publications, 1944)

Eberts, Mike, Griffith Park, (Historical Society of Southern California, 1996)

Griswold del Castillo, Richard, The Los Angeles Barrio, 1850-1890 (University of California Press, 1979)

Gabler, Neal, An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood, (Anchor, 1989)

Gumprecht, Blake, The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death and Possible Rebirth (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999)

Henstell, Bruce, Los Angeles, An Illustrated History (Alfred A. Knoff, 1980)

Herman, Robert D., Downtown Los Angeles, A Walking Guide Revised (Gem Guides Book Company, 2000)

Hinshilwood, C. Milton and Elena Irish Zimmerman, Old Los Angeles and Pasadena In Vintage Postcards, (Arcadia Publishing, 2001)

Historical Society of Southern California, The Founding Documents of Los Angeles: A Bilingual Edition, Edited by Doyce B. Nunis Jr. (Historical Society of Southern California and the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles, 2004)

Jackson, Helen Hunt, Ramona, (Signet Classic, 1884)

James, George Wharton, Through Ramona's Country, (Little, Brown and Company, 1913)

Kahrl, William L., Water and Power, (University of California Press, 1982)

Lavender, David, Los Angeles Two Hundred (Larry Silvey and Douglas Drown, 1980)

Kaplan, Sam Hall, LA Lost and Found: An Architectural History of Los Angeles (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1987)

Kuehn, Gernot, Views of Los Angeles (Portriga Publications, 1978)

Halberstam, David, The Powers That Be (Alfred A. Knopf, 1975)

Los Angeles 200 Bicentennial Committee, Spectrum/200: Photographs from the History of Los Angeles 1860-1940 (Los Angeles 200 Bicentennial Committee, 1983)

Marquez, Ernest, Santa Monica Beach: A Collector's Pictoral History (Angel City Press, 2004)

Marschner, Janice, California 1850: A Snapshot in Time (Coleman Ranch Press, 2000)

Mayo, Morrow, Los Angeles (Alfred A. Knopf, 1932)

McClurg, Sue, Water and the Shaping of California (Water Education Foundation and Heyday Books, 2000)

McDougall, Dennis, Privileged Son: Otis Chandler and the Rise of the L. A Times (Perseus Publishing, 2001)

McGrew, Patrick and Robet Julian, Landmarks of Los Angeles (Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994)

McWilliams, Carey, Southern California: An Island on the Land (Peregrine Smith Books, 1946)

Mulholland, Catherine, William Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles (University of California Press, 2000)

Nadeau, Remi, City-Makers: The Story of Southern California's First Boom, (Trans-Anglo Boks, 1965)

Newmark, Harris, Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913 (Knickerbocker Press, 1916)

O'Flaherty, Joseph, An End and a Beginning: The South Coast and Los Angeles 1850-1887 (Exposition Press, 1972)

Pitt, Leonard, The Decline of the Californios: A Social History of the Spanish-Speaking Californians, 1846-1890 (Berkeley & Los Angeles, 1966)

Polk, Dora Beale, The Island of California, A Historyof the Myth (University of Nebraska Press, 1991)

Poole, Jean Bruce and Tevvy Ball, El Pueblo, The Historic Heart of Los Angeles (The Getty Conservation Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2000)

Reisner, Marc, Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (Penguin Books, 1986)

Robinson, Richard J. and Ferris, Joseph F., Early Days in LOS ANGELES (Noble and Noble Publishers, Inc. 1962)

Robinson, W. W., Land in California, (University of California Press, 1948)

Robinson, W. W., Los Angeles From the Days of the Pueblo (California Historical Society, 1981)

Roderick, Kevin, The San Fernando Valley, America's Suburb (Los Angeles Times, 2001)

Rolle, Andrew, Los Angeles: From Pueblo to City of the Future second edition (MTL, Inc., 1995)

Roseman, Curtis C., Images of America: The Historic Core of Los Angeles ( Arcadia Publishing, 2004)

See, Lisa, On Gold Mountain: The One Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese American Family (Vintage, 1996)

Seidenbaum, Art, Los Angeles 200, A Bicentennial Celebration, (Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1980)

Shaw, Eva, The Sun Never Sets: The Influence of the British on Southern California (Dickens Press, 2001)

Sitton, Tom and Deverell, William, Metropolis in the Making: Los Angeles in the 1920s (University of California Press, 2001)

Smith, Sarah Bixby, Adobe Days (University of Nebraska Press, 1987)

Stalcup, Ann, Leo Politi: Artist of the Angels (Silver Moon Press, 2005)

Starr, Kevin, Material Dreams: Southern California through the 1920s (Oxford University Press, 1990)

Sunset Books, Los Angeles: Portrait of an Extraordinary City (Meno Park Sunset Books, 1968)

Sunset Books, The California Missions (Sunset Books Menlo Park, 1974)

Torrence, Bruce, Hollywood, the First 100 Years (Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, 1979)

Ulin, David L., Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology (The Library of America, 2002)

Waldie, D. J., HOLY LAND: A Suburban Memoir (St. Martin's Griffin, 1996)

Wallace, David, Hollywoodland (First St. Martin’s Griffin Edition: 2003)

Wallace, David, Lost Hollywood (St. Martin's Griffin Edition, 2002)

Weaver, John D., L. A. El Pueblo Grande, (Ward Ritchie Press, 1973)

Weaver, John D., Los Angeles: The Enormous Village 1781-1981 (Capra Press, 1980)

West, Nathanael, The Day of the Locust Signet Classics, 1939)

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LAS ANGELITAS DEL PUEBLO LIBRARY BOOKS

Ainsworth, Ed                        Enchanted Pueblo - Pamphlet

Ainsworth, K. and E.              In the Shade of the Juniper Tree

Alderson, W. & Payne, S.      Interpretation of Historic Sites

Anderson, Donald                   Los Angeles Realm of Possibility

Asian American Studies Linking Our Lives

Atkins, Elizabeth H.                 Treasures of the Medranos, Spanish Rancho Days

Automobile Club California Under Twelve Flags

Banning K. S.                          Recipes From Katharine's Kitchen

Bauer, Helen                           California Rancho Days

Bauer, Helen Water                 Riches or Ruin

Bean, Mason, Marvin              Romero Expeditions 1823-1826, The

Beebe, Rose Marie                 Lands of Promise and Despair (Chronicles of Early California)

Belous, Russell                        Guide to L.A. County Museum

Bell, Major Horace                 Reminiscences of a Ranger

Bellamy, Edward                     Looking Backward

Bibliography of a Metropolis: A Los Angeles Project

Billington, Ray                         Far Western Frontier 1830-1860, The

Botello, Arthur                        Translation of Pio Pico's Life---Rare Book

Bradley, Bill                            Last of the Great Stations, The: Union Station

Briskin J. Palo                         Verde

Bryant, Susanah                       Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens

Bustamante, A. Castillo            Mexican Los Angeles---Illustrated History

Cacioppo, Richard                   History of Woodland Hills

California of the South Volume IV

California History Exploration and Mission Period

California Historical Society Summer 1979

California Historical Society Summer 1980

California Historical Society California Story

California Historical Landmarks Reference Book--(Cannot check out)

Cameron, Robert                     Above L. A.,(Text by Jack Smith)

Camphouse Marjorie               Guide to Missions of Southern California

Caughey, John                         California

Caughey, John & LaRee           Los Angeles , Biography of a City

Caughey, John & LaRee           California's Own History

Chamber of Commerce Cultural Resources of Los Angeles

Chapman, Charles                     History of California, Spanish Period

City Hall Welcome to Los Angeles City Hall

Cleland, Robert Glass                Cattle on a Thousand Hills, The

Copley Books                           Anza Conquers the Desert

Comer, Virginia                         Los Angeles: A View From Crown Hill

Constantino, Joan                      Pepito at Capistrano

Crosby, Harry                           Last of the Californios

Crump, Spencer                        Ride The Big Red Cars

Cultural Heritage Board City of Los Angeles

Darkin, Susanna                        Scotch Paisano In Old Los Angeles, A

Davis, Mike                              Ecology of Fear

Dawson, Grace E.                    California: The Story of Our Southwest Corner

De Garzia                                 Rose and the Robe, The

Del Castillo, Diaz                      Discovery And Conquest of Mexico, The

Del Castillo, Griswold               Los Angeles Barrio 1850-1890, The

Demarest, P.                            Angelic City, tHE

Deverell, William                      Whitewashed Adobe

DeVoto, Bernard                     Year of Decision: 1846, The

Dewar, John                             Adios Mr. Penelon

Dumke, Glenn S.                      Boom of the Eighties in Southern California, The

Dutton, Davis                           California Portfolio in Pictures, A

Ebert, Mike                             Griffith Park

Ederhoff, Elizabeth                   Elephant as They Saw It, The

Fact Sheets of Historical Moments Cultural Heritage Board

Fenyes, Eva Scott                    Paintings by Eva Scott Fenyes

First Federal Savings History of Hollywood

Fradkin, Philip L.                     Seven States of California, The

Gebhard, D. Winter                Architecture in Los Angeles

Getty Research Cultural Inheritance of Los Angeles

Gray, A.A.                             History of California

Grenier J.                               History of California

Grenier, Nunis Poole              Guide to Historic Places in Los Angeles, A

Grenier, J. Gillinghan              California legacy: The Watson Families

Griber A. McCoy                  Docent and Tour Guide---Reference Only

Hales, George                        Los Angeles City Hall

Herman, Robert                     Downtown Los Angeles

Herstell, Bruce                       Los Angeles Illustrated History

Halsey, M.                             Tenderfoot in Southern California, A

Hallan, Pamela                       Dos Ciento Años en San Juan Capistranio

Hanna, Phil                            California Under Twelve Flags---Leaflet

Hartman, David                     California and Man

Heizer, R. Whipple                 California Indians, The

Hill, Laurance                         La Reina, Los Angeles In Three Centuries

Historical Society Annual Publication

Jakes, John                            California Gold

Jameson, J. Franklin                Spanish Exploration In The Southwest

Jensen, Jean M.                      History of California Women

Jorgensen, L.                          San Fernando Valley, Past and Present

Kahrl, William                        Water and Power

Kaplan, S.                              Los Angeles: Lost and Found

Kelly, A.                                Aqueduct, Pictorial History

Kelsey, Harry                        Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

Kingston, M.                         Chinamen

Kocher, Paul                         Mission San Luis Obispo De Tolosa

Krell, D. Johnson                  California Missions, a Pictorial History

Krober, Theodora                 Ishi in Two Worlds---Last Wild Indian

Larson, Louise                      Sweet Bamboo

Lavender, David                   Story of California, 1971, The

Lewis, Oscar                        Story of California, 1955, The

Los Angeles Bicentennial Photographs from Los Angeles

Los Angeles Bicentennial Legacy For the Future

City of Los Angeles Film Locations

Los Angeles 1781-1981 Bicentennial Issue

Lummis, Charles                   Tramp Across The Continent, A

Lummis, Charles                   Man And His West, The

Marschner, Janice                California's Arab Americans

Maudslay, A.                       Discovery and Conquest of Mexico

Miller, Max                          Town With The Funny Name, La Jolla, The

Murase, Ichior                      Little Tokyo

McElravy, May                    Tortilla Girl

McGroarty, John                  Mission Memories

McWilliams, Carey              Southern California: An Island On the Land

Nadeau, Remi                      City-Makers

Natural History Museum Study Guides

Newmark, Harris                  Sixty Years In Southern California

Nunis, Doyce Jr.                   Founding Documents of Los Angeles

Nunis, Doyce, Jr.                  Los Angeles And Its Environs in the 12th Century

Nunis, Doyce, Jr.                  Early California Hospitality

Northrop, Marie                   Spanish-Mexican Families of Early California

Orange County Orange County Historical Society

Ord, Edward                        City of the Angeles and Saints, The

Panorama Picture History So. Calif. Title Insurance & Trust Company

Pitt, Leonard                         Decline of the Californios

Powers, Stephen                   Tribes of California

Pachman, Ana                       Early California Hospitality

Park, June S.                         Life Story of Christine Sterling, The

Payne, Theodore                   Life On The Mojeska Ranch: Gay Nineties

Perkins, William                    Three Years in California

Poole , Jean Bruce                Flow Of History: El Pueblo Los Angeles

Pourade, Richard                  Call to California, Journey of Portolá-Serra 1769

Pourade, Richard                  Glory Years, Early Boom Periods

Pourade Richard                   Time of the Bells, Story of the Mission Period

Pourade Richard                   Rising Tide, The

Pourade, Richard                  Silver Dons, The

Powell, Robinson                  Los Angeles: Portrait of an Extraordinary City

Pugsley W.                           Bunker Hill, Last of The Lofty Mansions

Reith, John                           California and the West

Riley, Frank                         De Anza's Trail Today

Roberts Judith A.                 Robert's Rule of Order

Robinson, John                    San Gabriels, So. California Mountain Country

Robinson, W. W.                Key to Los Angeles, The

Rotary Club of Los Angeles Rotary Club of Los Angeles

Sanchez, Nellie                   Spanish Arcadia

Seidenbaum, A. Malmin      L.A. 200 Bicentennial Celebration

Shapiro, Irwin                     Pictorial History, Spanish Explorers to Present

Smith, Sarah B.                   Abode Days

Southwest Museum Spanish & Mexican Ranchos, Leaflets

Southwest Museum Master Key Anthropology of the Americas---Magazine

Spectrum/200                     Photographs from the History of Los Angeles 1860-1940

Starr, Kevin                        Americans and The California Dream

Starr, Kevin                        Inventing The Dream

State of California               El Pueblo de Los Angeles

Sterling, Christine                Olvera Street, Its History & Restoration

Stern, Norton                     Jews of Los Angeles, Urban Pioneers

Sunset Magazine                 L.A. Extraordinary City

Tenden, Marnie                  Community of Angels, A

The Californians Volumes

Tilden, Freemen                 Interpreting Our Heritage

Turner, Justin                     First Decade of Los Angeles Jewry 1850-1860

Vauchey, John                   California Heritage

Ventura County                 Story of Ventura County

Vickery, Oliver                  Harbor Heritage, Los Angeles

Villar, Joe                          Men and Horses of Mexico

Walker, Derek                   Los Angeles Architectural Design

Wayte, Beverly                  At The Arroyo's Edge

Warner, Hays                    Historical Sketch of Los Angeles County

Weaver, John                    Enormous Village 1781-1981, The

Weaver, John                    El Pueblo Grande, Yangnas to Skyscrapers

Weber, Msgr. F.               Old Plaza Church

Weinman, Lois                  Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbors

Weinstock Matt                My Los Angeles

Western Writers of America                  Women Who Made the West

Whipple, Heizer                California Indians, The

Whittier Historical Society Historic         Notes from Pio Pico Pamphlets

Wicinas, David                 Sagebrush & Cappuccino Confessions

Winter, Gebhard              Architecture in Los angeles

Wong, Angi Ma               Night of the Red Moon

Wrenn, Mulloy                American's Forgotten Architecture

L.A. City School             Yang-Na Indians ---Rare Book do Not Remove

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