San Diego, Coming of Age: A Modern History of San Diego

San Diego Coming of Age traces the city's development from a sleepy Navy town to a major city. The story begins in wartime San Diego in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The city's defense plants are buzzing with orders, its population swollen with defense workers. The story ends, more than 50 years later, with San Diego's response to '9-11,' the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.