Posts Tagged ‘Julian’

Scott O’Dell’s novel of a young Indian girl abandoned on harsh San Nicholas Island in the early 1800s is a dramatic story of courage and self-reliance. Published in 1960, Island of the Blue Dolphins would become one of the top twenty selling, young adult books of all time, with over six million copies sold and translations in 28 languages.

The story of Scott O’Dell.

Each fall, thousands of tourists make their way to the scenic hill town of Julian, California.   Since the late 1800s, October has been “apple time” in historic Julian.  Click here for the history of The Apples of Julian.