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  1. California Shipwrecks: Footsteps in the Sea - Marshall, Don B.

    California Shipwrecks: Footsteps in the Sea by Don B. Marshall, 1978. This book is about stories and photographs of shipwrecks along the California coast from "Spanish St. Augustine in 1579 to modern times" [Front book jacket]. Includes: a preface; table of contents; appendices; bibliography; acknowledgement page; an index.

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    California Shipwrecks: Footsteps in the Sea
  2. "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...

    Record Type: Archive

    "Coastside Shipwrecks" Footprints of Pacifica, Pacifica Historical Society, May 16, 2011.
  3. Documents related to research on Point Montara Lighthouse, 1852-2009 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used to conduct research on Point Montara Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book, Hard Luck Coast. Items in collection include: Images, image permission forms, invoices, email correspondence, engravings, postcards, articles written by JoAnn Semones on Rydal Hall, and other information regarding the shipwrecks of ships, and the people associated with these ships in the thirteen chapters of t...

    Record Type: Archive

    Hard Luck Coast
  4. Documents related to shipwreck and lighhouse research on Point Montara Lighthouse, 1886-2009 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used to conduct research on Point Montara Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book, Hard Luck Coast. Items in collection include: Transciption of interview, notes, book pages, email correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, biography, obituary, and other information mentioned in chapters seven to thirteen in the book Hard Luck Coast. The series for these documents ranges from...

    Record Type: Archive

    Hard Luck Coast
  5. Hard Luck Coast: The Perilous Reefs of Point Montara - Semones, JoAnn

    Hard Luck Coast: The Perilious Reefs of Point Montara by JoAnn Semones, 2010. The front cover is a photograph of the Point Montara Lighthouse with the ocean and the mountains in the background taken by Julie Barrow. Includes stories and histories of the perilious shipwrecks that occured near or at Point Montera in Half Moon Bay, CA, and signed by the author, JoAnn Semones, underneath the first page of the book. Dimensions: 10.250 x 7.250 x 0....

    Record Type: Library

    Hard Luck Coast: The Perilious Reefs of Point Montara by JoAnn Semones, 201

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