SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO : City Puts History on Paper, Again
An out-of-print, paperback book about the history of this 213-year-old community is being revived in a glossy, hard-cover version.
The fund-raising project was planned and jointly financed by the city, the San Juan Capistrano Historical Society and the Chamber of Commerce.
The City Council has approved a $15,000 contribution for the printing of 2,000 copies.
The 144-page, $5 paperback will be republished as a glossy, 192-page book with 300 photographs. It will sell for about $30, with proceeds benefiting each of the groups funding the limited run proposed by Dunning Publishing Co., the plan said.
Titled Dos Cientos Anos En San Juan Capistrano, (200 years in San Juan Capistrano) the 1975 book by local historian Pamela Hallan-Gibson describes how San Juan Capistrano grew out of a village surrounding a historic mission founded by Spanish priests in 1776.
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