Authors: William T. Vollmann
9. [Juan Bautista de Anza.] Donald T. Garate, trans. and ed.,
Anza’s Return from Alta California: Anza Correspondence 1776-1778
, Wade Cox, illus. (San Diego:
Antepasados
, vol. IX, a publication of Los Californianos, 1998).
10. Bernal Díaz,
The Conquest of New Spain
, J. M. Cohen, trans. (New York: Penguin Books, 1963).
11.
Fodor’s Mexico, 1992, With the Best of the Beach Resorts and Travel Off the Beaten Path
(New York: Fodor’s Travel Publications, 1991).
12. [Fray Pedro Font.]
The Anza Expedition of 1775-76: Diary of Pedro Font
, ed. Frederick J. Teggart, Associate Professor of Pacific Coast History, University of California (Berkeley: University of California Press, Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History, vol. 3, no. 1, March 1913).
13. Peter Gerhard and Howard E. Gulick,
Lower California Guidebook: A Descriptive Traveler’s Guide
(Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1958).
14. Francisco López de Gómara,
Cortés: The Life of the Conqueror by His Secretary
, Lesley Byrd Simpson, trans. and ed., from 1552 ed. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1964).
15. Ulysses S. Grant,
Personal Memoirs
&
Selected Letters
(New York: Library of America, 1990 repr. of 1885-86 ed. and 1967-85 ed., respectively).
16. James S. Griffith,
Folk Saints of the Borderlands: Victims, Bandits and Healers
(Tucson: Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2003).
17. Richard Griswold del Castillo,
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: A Legacy of Conflict
(Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990).
18. Francis Johnston,
The Wonder of Guadalupe: The Origin and Cult of the Miraculous Image of the Blessed Virgin of Mexico
(Rockford, Illinois: TAN Books and Publishers, 1981).
19. Gilbert M. Joseph and Timothy J. Henderson, eds.,
The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics
(Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2002).
20. Anna Lanyon,
Malinche’s Conquest
(Crow’s Nest, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1999).
21. Michael C. Meyer, William L. Sherman, Susan M. Deeds,
The Course of Mexican History
, 7th ed. (New York; Oxford University Press, 2003; orig. ed. 1979).
22. [MOCA San Diego.] Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego,
Strange New World: Art and Design from Tijuana / Extraño Nuevo Mundo: Arte y diseño desde Tijuana
(La Jolla: MOCA San Diego, distributed by DAP, 2006).
23. Greg Niemann,
Baja Legends: The Historic Characters, Events, and Locations That Put Baja California on the Map
(San Diego: Sunbelt Publications, 2002).
24. John Noble, Dan Spitzer and Scott Wayne,
Mexico, A Travel Survival Kit
, 3rd ed. (Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia: Lonely Planet Publications, 1989).
25. [Orozco autobiography.] José Clemente Orozco,
An Autobiography
, trans. by Robert C. Stephenson, intro. by John Palmer Leeper (Mineola, New York: 2001 repr. of 1962 ed.; orig. Spanish-lang. ed. serially published in Mexico, 1942).
26. [Orozco graphic work.] Jose Clemente Orozco,
José Clemente Orozco: Graphic Work
(Austin: University of Texas Press, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture, 2004).
27. Walt Peterson,
The Baja Adventure Book
(Berkeley: Wilderness Press, 1987).
28. Frederick B. Pike,
The United States and Latin America: Myths and Stereotypes of Civilization and Nature
(Austin: University of Texas Press, 1992).
29. Harry Polkinhorn, Gabriel Trujillo Muñoz and Rogelio Reyes, eds.,
Border Lives: Personal Essay on the U.S.-Mexico Border
(Calexico / Mexicali: Binational Press, 1995). Bilingual ed.
30. Desmond Rochfort,
Mexican Muralists: Orozco, Rivera, Siquieros
(San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998 repr. of 1993 British ed.).
31. Juan Rulfo,
The Burning Plain and Other Stories
, George D. Schade, trans. (trans. of
El llano en llamas
) (Austin: University of Texas Press, Pan American Paperbacks, no. 6, 1971; orig. Mexican ed. 1953).
32. [RDI (2004).] Rural Development Institute Reports on Foreign Aid and Development, no. 120, February 2004 (Jennifer Brown, “Ejidos and Comunidades in Oaxaca, Mexico: Effect of the 1992 Reforms”).
33.
The Drawings of Ignacio Tirsch, a Jesuit Missionary in Baja California.
Narrative by Doyce B. Nunis, Jr.; Elsbeth Schulz-Bischof, trans. (Los Angeles: Dawson’s Book Shop, 1972; Baja California Travels ser., no. 27; orig, drawings and captions
ca.
1767).
34. Mark Wasserman,
Everyday Life and Politics in Nineteenth Century Mexico: Men, Women, and War
(Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, Diálogos ser., 2000).
35. John Womack, Jr.,
Zapata and the Mexican Revolution
(New York: Random House / Vintage, 1970; orig. ed. 1969; copyright 1968).
36. Elizabeth Netto Calil Zarur and Charles Muir Lovell, eds.,
Art and Faith in Mexico: The Nineteenth-Century Retablo Tradition
(Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2001).
37. Alonso de Zorita,
Life and Labor in Ancient Mexico: The Brief and Summary Relation of the Lords of New Spain
, Benjamin Keen, trans. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994 repr. of 1963 ed; orig. Spanish ed. 1585).
O. LOS ANGELES
1. C. W. Baist, comp.,
Baist’s Real Estate Atlas: Surveys of Los Angeles, Cal., Complete in One Volume
(Philadelphia, 1910).
2. Horace Bell,
Reminiscences of a Ranger: Early Times in Southern California
(Norman: University of Oklahoma Press; vol. 65 of the Western Frontier Library, 1999; orig. pub. 1881).
3. Harry Carr,
Los Angeles: City of Dreams
(New York: D. Appleton-Century Co. Inc., 1935).
4. [Diebenkorn.] Jane Livingston, ed.,
The Art of Richard Diebenkorn
(New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, in assoc. with University of California Press, 1997).
5. Text by Digby Diehl,
Front Page: A Collection of Historical Headlines from the Los Angeles Times 1881-1987
(New York: Harry Abrams, 1987).
6. C. Milton Hinshilwood and Elena Irish Zimmerman,
Old Los Angeles and Pasadena in Vintage Postcards
(Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, Postcard History ser., 2003 repr. of 2001 ed.).
7.
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California
(Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1889). [Front cover is imprinted with
“Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World.”
]
8. Los Angeles City Directory, 1942 (Los Angeles Directory Co., 1941).
9. John Steven McGroarty, ed.,
History of Los Angeles County
, 3 vols. (Chicago: American Historical Society, Inc., 1923).
10. W. McPherson,
Homes in Los Angeles City and County, and Description Thereof, with Sketches of the Four Adjacent Counties
(Los Angeles: Mirror Book and Job Printing Establishment, 1873; facsimile repr. by Southern California Chapter, Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, 1961).
11. George T. Miron,
A Love Affair with the Angels: Vignettes of Old L.A.
and
The Toward-Quiescence and Unity Theory
(Long Beach: University Print, 1979, copy 15).
12. Charles Moore, Peter Becker, and Regula Campbell,
The City Observed: Los Angeles, A Guide to Its Architecture and Landscapes
(Santa Monica: Hennessey and Ingalls, Art + Architecture Books, 1998).
13. Harris Newmark,
Sixty Years in Southern California
, Maurice H. and Marco R. Newmark, eds., 3rd. ed. (Houghton Mifflin, 1930).
14. Doyce B. Nunis, Jr., ed.,
The Founding Documents of Los Angeles: A Bilingual Edition
(Los Angeles: Historical Society of Southern California and the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles, 2004).
15. [Ontario City Directory (1945-46).]
Los Angeles Directory Co.’s ONTARIO (California) City Directory 1945-46 Including Upland, Chino, Alta Loma, Cucamonga and Etiwanda. Also a BUYERS’ GUIDE and a Complete Classified Business Directory
(Los Angeles: Los Angeles Directory Co., 1946).
16. Ludwig Louis Salvator,
Los Angeles in the Sunny Seventies: A Flower from the Golden Land
, Maguerite Eyer Wilbur, trans. (Los Angeles: Bruce McCallister, printed in a ltd. ed. for Jake Zeitlin, 1929).
17. William Tecumseh Sherman,
Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman
(New York: Library of America, 1990 repr. of 1886 ed.).
18. Tom Sitton and William Deverell, eds.,
Metropolis in the Making: Los Angeles in the 1920s
(Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001).
19. Anna Deavere Smith,
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
(New York: Random House / Anchor, 1994).
20. [Southern Orange County City Directory (1951).]
Luskey’s Official Subscribers’ Edition: Southern Orange County (California) City Directory, February 1951 Issue for the cities of Santa Ana, Orange, Tustin, Huntington Beach . . .
(Santa Ana: Directory Service Company, Publishers, 1951).
21. James L. Stamps, honorary editory-in-chief,
The Historical Volume and Reference Works, Covering Artesia
, etc.; vol. 4: Los Angeles County 1965 (Arlington, California: Historical Publishers, 1965).
P. FICTION AND POETRY ABOUT IMPERIAL
1. Raymond Chandler,
Later Novels and Other Writings
(New York: Library of America, 1995).
2. Philip K. Dick,
Now Wait for Last Year
(New York: Daw Books, 1981 repr. of 1966 ed.).
3. Zane Grey,
Desert Gold
(New York: Pocket Books / Simon and Schuster, 1968 repr. of 1913 ed.).
4. Dashiell Hammett,
Crime Stories and Other Writings
(New York: Library of America, 2001).
5. Helen Hunt Jackson,
Ramona
(New York: Signet Classics, a div. of Penguin Putnam, 1988; orig. ed. 1884).
6. Jack Kerouac,
The Dharma Bums
(New York: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 2006; orig. ed. 1958).
7. Jack Kerouac,
On the Road
(New York: Penguin Books, 1981; orig. pub. 1957).
8. Jack London,
Novels and Social Writings
(New York: Library of America, 1982).
9. John Steinbeck,
East of Eden
(New York: Penguin, 1992; orig. ed. 1952).
10. John Steinbeck,
The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings 1936-1941
(New York: Library of America, 1996).
11. John Steinbeck,
In Dubious Battle
(New York: Penguin; 1986, orig. ed. 1936).
12. John Steinbeck,
The Long Valley
(New York: Penguin; 1986, orig. ed. 1938).
13. John Steinbeck,
Novels 1942-1952
(New York, Library of America, 2001; orig. ed. of
The Pearl
1945).
14. Mónica de la Torre and Michael Wiegers, eds.,
Reversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry
(Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press, A Kage-An Book, 2002).
15. Otis B. Tout,
Silt: Paula Helps Build Boulder Dam
(San Diego: Hillcrest Publishing Company, 1928).
16. Harold Bell Wright,
The Winning of Barbara Worth
, special numbered and signed limited commemorative edition (Holtville, California: Imperial County Historical Society, in conjunction with the Harold Bell Wright Society; corr. repr. of original 1911 ed.).
Q. PUBLISHED SOURCES METAPHORICALLY RELEVANT TO IMPERIAL
1. Al-Biruni,
Kitab Tahdid al-Amakin: The Determination of the Coordinates of Cities
, Jamil Ali, trans. (Beirut: Centennial Publications, American University of Beirut, 1967; orig. Arabic ed. completed A.D. 1025).
2. James Blish,
Cities in Flight
(New York: Overlook Press, 2005; author’s copyright 1970; orig. tetralogy
ca.
1950-60).
3. Ansel Adams,
Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs
(New York: Little, Brown & Co., 1983).
4. Joan Aruz,
Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus
(New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press / Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003).
5. Isaac Asimov,
Forward the Foundation
(New York: Bantam Books, 1994 Spectra paperback repr. of orig. 1993 ed.).
6. J. G. Ballard,
The Drought
(Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin [UK] repr. of orig. 1964 American ed., entitled
The Burning World
).