Chapter 4: The U.S. - Mexican War in San Diego

8. Resources

Books to Read

A balanced in-depth account of this important battle.

Sally Cavell Jones. The Battle of San Pascual. Masters Thesis: University of San Diego, 1973.

A first-hand account of the Mexican War in San Diego by a Mexicano.

Raymond S. Brandes, trans. "Times Gone By in Alta California: Recollections of Senora Doña Juana Machado Alipaz de Ridington," Historical Society of Southern California. 41 (1959): 195-240.

The most current and up-to-date survey of the war in California.

Neal Harlow, California Conquered: War and Peace on the Pacific, 1846-1850. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1982.

Websites

• Website by the Descendants of Mexican War Veterans
• Prints and maps from the Mexican-American War
• PBS documentary; English and Spanish versions.

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