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  1. "Coastside Shipwrecks" Footprints of Pacifica, Pacifica Historical Society, May 16, 2011. - Videodisc, Digital

    "Coastside Shipwrecks" Footprints of Pacifica, Pacifica Historical Society, May 16, 2011. This DVD shows an interview of host David Hirzel with special guest JoAnn Semones talking about her books Shipwrecks, Scalawags, and Scavengers; Hard Luck Coast. The purpose of this interview is to promote her books and to talk about some maritime history on the program. A rewrittable DVD with a white cover with black/blue text on front with a small white bu...

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    "Coastside Shipwrecks" Footprints of Pacifica, Pacifica Historical Society, May 16, 2011.
  2. Documents related to shipwreck research near Pigeon Point Lighthouse, 1913-2014 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used for conducting shipwreck research about Pigeon Point Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book, Shipwrecks, Scalawags & Scavengers. Items in collection include: email correspondence, photos, notes, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, poetry, restrictive information, text excerpts, and other information regarding various shipwrecks of ships Point Arena, Pilgrim, Western Spirit, Ohio No...

    Record Type: Archive

    Shipwrecks, Scalawags, and Scavengers
  3. Documents related to the publicity of her book, Shipwrecks, Scalawags, and Scavengers, 2007-2016 - Archive

    These documents were compiled and used for the purposes of publicity for JoAnn Semones' book, Shipwrecks, Scalawags, and Shipwrecks. Items in collection include images of the front and back cover of her book, Shipwrecks, Scalawags, and Shipwrecks, clippings, journal articles, an article on rum runners at Pigeon Point Lighthouse in the La Peninsula, vol. xI, no.2 (2017.008.009.1.38B), book reviews, flyers including one from SMCHA (2017.008.009.1.5...

    Record Type: Archive

  4. Jesse Mygrants Davis: Her Life at Pigeon Point Light Station, 2007. - Videodisc, Digital

    Jesse Mygrants Davis: Her Life at Pigeon Point Light Station, 2007. A rewrittable DVD wth background photo of Jesse Mygrants Davis next to the Pigeon Point Lighthouse as background. 56 minute long interview by Jessie Davis on her life at Pigeon Point Lighthouse, and Pigeon Point history. The purpose of this videodisc is to provide some maritime history on one of the oldest lighthouses on the Pacific Coast.

    Record Type: Archive

    Jesse Mygrants Davis: Her Life at Pigeon Point Light Station, 2007.
  5. Shipwrecks, Scalawags and Scavengers: The Storied Waters of Pigeon Point - Semones, JoAnn

    Shipwrecks, Scalawags and Scavengers: The Storied Waters of Pigeon Point, 2007 by JoAnn Semones. A history of the maritime tragedies that occurred in the storied waters of Pigeon Point.

    Record Type: Library

    Shipwrecks, Scalawags and Scavengers: The Storied Waters of Pigeon Point, 2
  6. The History of Pigeon Point Lighthouse - Perry, Frank

    The History of Pigeon Point Lighthouse by Frank Perry, 1995. This book details Pigeon Point's intriguing past including "the tragic shipwrecks of the 1800s, the legends surrounding its mysterious lens, the first hand recollections of lighthouse life, the rumrunning operations of the 1920s..." [back cover of book]. Includes: mentions of various ships such as Carrier Pigeon, Sir John Franklin, Coya, Hellespont; history of Pigeon Point lighthous...

    Record Type: Library

    The History of Pigeon Point Lighthouse

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