Author Description

Volume I of Schlepping and Schmoozing Through San Diego County focuses on Jewish stories that author Donald H. Harrison has covered in the City of San Diego as a reporter and editor. Culled from thousands of articles he has written since 1986 when he first started reporting on San Diego County's Jewish community, this book, along with Volume II about Jewish life in the surrounding towns and cities, offers many stories providing fascinating historical background about key institutions and individuals in the county.Over his long journalistic career, Harrison wrote for the UCLA Daily Bruin, the Associated Press, and the San Diego Union before turning to Jewish journalism as an editor or contributing columnist for the San Diego Jewish Press-Heritage, San Diego Jewish Times, Journal of San Diego History, Western States Jewish History, and L'Chaim San Diego Magazine. He is the editor and co-publisher with his wife Nancy of San Diego Jewish World, an online daily news and feature publication accessible at www.sdjewishworld.com Harrison's previous books include: Louis Rose: San Diego's First Jewish Settler and Entrepreneur; Schlepping Through The American West; Waxie: An American Business Success Story, and 77 Miles of Jewish Stories: History, Anecdotes & Tales of Travel Along I-8. A frequent public speaker, Harrison may be contacted via editor@sdjewishworld.com