Costco to Host Book Signing for Legendary Locals of Encinitas Author

CARLSBAD, Calif. - June 6, 2014 - PRLog -- Legendary Locals of Encinitas, by Alison Burns, is filled with an average of 180 images and a new design. This people-centric imprint focuses on newsworthy and noteworthy individuals and groups who have built and shaped their communities.

Drawn by extravagant promises of “a beautiful village of 500 inhabitants, studded with orange trees and grapevines,” the Hammond family arrived in Encinitas in 1883 only to find that advertisements had rather overstated the case. Undeterred, these 11 English settlers remained and in doing so doubled the town’s population overnight.

Subsequent pioneers brought wide-ranging talents to this fledgling California coastal town—none more so than the Ecke dynasty, whose flower fields established Encinitas as the poinsettia capital of the world.

Today, the city encompasses five distinct communities and while it boasts many famous celebrities, it is the ordinary folk whose passion and daring have made Encinitas the place their forebears long ago envisaged.

The majority of the 19^th century images were generously donated by the Encinitas Historical Society. Their complete collection can be seen at the society’s headquarters, the 1883 Schoolhouse on West F Street, one block from the beach.

Join the Author for a Book Signing!

Where:  Costco

951 Palomar Airport Road, Carlsbad CA 92011

When:  Saturday, June 14^th, 2014; 11:30 a.m.—1:30 p.m.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or at www.LegendaryLocals.com or (888)-313-2665.

Each book in Arcadia Publishing’s Legendary Locals imprint delves into the history of some of the unique individuals and groups, past and present, who have made a memorable impact on their community throughout its history.

Legendary Locals of Encinitas

by Alison Burns

Legendary LocalsImprint

128 pages/ softcover

Available: April 30, 2012