Pirates, pinnacles and petticoats
Subtitle: the shipwrecks of Point Pinos & Monterey Bay
By: by JoAnn Semones
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: The Glencannon Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: El Cerrito
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781889901633
Subjects: Shipwrecks; History; Naval History; Point Pinos Light (Pacific Grove, Calif.)
Description: "A history of the Point Pinos lighthouse and the shipwrecks that have occurred nearby"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-194) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Grit, gales and grief; title: Voice of the pacific; title: Seals and sea wolves; title: Fish tales; title: Vagabonds of the sea; title: Scrambling schooner; title: Of chieftains and captains; title: Whistling in the dark; title: Wanderlust; title: Rum chaser; title: Desperation and doom; title: Other shipwrecks; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix.