A Bibliography of the Channel Islands

I really like books -- reading them, collecting them, and sharing them.

I'm rounding up the titles of as many books as I can find about the Channel Islands. I'll update the page as I refine these entries and add new titles. I am not including books that are solely tourist guides and cruising/diving guidebooks.

Please add to the list in the comments section and let me know what you think of books you've read about the islands -- good, bad, and mediocre.

Page last updated: 27 March 2012



Nonfiction

Buffum, Richard and Marjorie. 2003. Catalina Saga: An Historical Cruise Around Santa Catalina Island. Abracadabra Press: Balboa Island, CA.

Chiles, Frederic Claire. 2011. Justinian Claire and Santa Cruz Island: The Rise and Fall of a California Dynasty. The Arthur H. Clark Company.

Eaton, Margaret H. 1980. Diary of a Sea Captain's Wife: Tales of Santa Cruz Island. Macnally & Loftin Publishers.

Johnston, Bernice Eastman. 1964. California's Gabrielino Indians. Southwest Museum: Los Angeles, CA.

Lester, Elizabeth Sherman. The Legendary King of San Miguel. Macnally & Loftin Publishers.

McAlpine, Ken. 2009. Islands Apart: A Year on the Edge of Civilization. Trumpeter.

Miller, Bruce W. 1991. The Gabrielino. Sand River Press: Los Osos, CA.

Panzer, Scott A. 2007. Catalina Island Adventure Guide.  (self-published)

Roberts, Lois. 1991. San Miguel Island: Santa Barbara's 4th Island West. Cal Rim Books.

Schoenherr, Allan A., C. Robert Feldmeth, and Michael J. Emerson. 1999. Natural History of the Islands of California. University of California Press: Berkeley, CA.

White, William Sanford and Kim Lianne Stotts. 2005. The Wrigley Family: A Legacy of Leadership in Santa Catalina Island. White Limited Editions and White Family Trust: Glendora, CA.

White, William Sanford with Steven Kern Tice. 2002 Santa Catalina Island: Its Magic People, and History. Revised Edition. White Limited Editions: Glendora, CA.



Fiction

Boyle, T. C. 2012. When the Killing's Done. Penguin Books: New York.

O'Dell, Scott. 1960. Island of the Blue Dolphins. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York.
-- A fictionalized account of the true story of the "Lone Woman of San Nicolas".