num_pages: 135
description: The first and only history of the remote and inaccessible Islands lying 26 miles outside the Golden Gate. Begins with the earliest map from 1603 through the Spanish and Mexican periods, the Russian Occupation of the Islands, the War Over Eggs, the Lighthouse keepers and their families, the American Military Occupation, and a thorough coverage of the teeming wildlife, birds and mammals, that inhabit the island. Index and bibliography. 80 archival photographs, maps and drawings.
language: English
title: The Farallon Islands: Sentinels of the Golden Gate.
titlecomplete: The Farallon Islands: Sentinels of the Golden Gate.
genres: Nature
ratings_count: 23
publisher: Scottwall Associates