This is the anchor of the West, a quiet metropolis that has learned to live in an environment of beauty without devouring it.

In his Introduction, Neil Morgan invites us "to follow the city's meandering evolution from a Spanish pueblo to an insular transplanted Midwestern town by the sea, to a Navy City, and on to its present rich diversity. " The lush photography shows that San Diego is of world class. And its surroundings are among the most gorgeous anywhere.

Hardcover, 11" x 14", album bound, 160 pages, printed on acid-free high-gloss paper.

ISBN 0-918684-24-2