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Tag Archives: San Francisco
Jack London made two big mistakes during his “Cruise of the Snark” adventure. Either mistake could have caused London, his wife Charmian and their crew to perish at sea. The first mistake was trust. Roscoe Eames and his wife raised Charmian London, Jack’s second and much loved wife, into womanhood and Roscoe and Charmian were Continue Reading »
March 9, 2016, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: "House Of The Sun", 1907, Andre Stojka, audiobook, Bay of Taichae, Beche De Mere English, Charmian London, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Cruise Of The Snark, Diamond Head, Doldrums, Haleakala, Hawaiian Islands, Hilo, Honolulu, Jack London, Ketch, Lewis Carroll, Listen2Read, Marquesas Islands, Maui, navigation, New York Times, Nuka-hiva, Pacific Ocean, Roscoe Eames, San Francisco, Snark, Sydney Australia, Territory of Hawaii, Ua-huka, volcano, Woman’s Home Companion, “Sailing Directions for the South Pacific”, “The Hunting of the Snark”
The famous naturalist John Muir was angry. He had lost a major battle protecting Yosemite National Park, the land he had loved for over 30 years. As founder of the Sierra Club, Muir had battled against the railroad industry wanting to install tracks through Yosemite, sheep herders wanting to graze every piece of greenery, lumber companies Continue Reading »
September 9, 2015, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: Amazon.com, Andre Stojka, Audible.com, audiobook, Awahnee Hotel, Big Burn, Bridal Veil Falls, California, Chief Forester, Conservation, Crater Lake Oregon, Devil’s Tower Wyoming, El Morrow New Mexico, Federal Government, Gifford Pinchot, Grand Canyon Arizona, Half Dome, Hetch Hetchy Valley, I-Tunes.com, John Muir, Lake Don Pedro, Listen to Read, Listen2Read.com, Los Angeles, Mesa Verde Colorado, Miwok People, National Park Service, Owens Valley, O’Shaughnessy Dam, Raker Act, San Fernando Valley, San Francisco, San Francisco Earthquake, Sierra Club, Sierra Muntains, Stickeen, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, WindCave South Dakota, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley
I ate a convicted murderers final meal last week in San Francisco. A final meal if it were 1850. The dish is called a “Hang Town Fry,” and it was demanded by criminals about to be put to death in Hang Town, known today as Placerville, California. Since a man about to be hung was Continue Reading »
April 1, 2014, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: "Death Valley in '49", American Adventure Library, Andre Stojka, audiobook, audiobooks, hang town fry, hangtown fry, Independent Book Publishers of America, Listen2Read, Placerville, San Francisco, William Lewis Manly
April 18, 1906, 107 years ago, the ground shook here in California in the City of San Francisco. It was an earthquake estimated to be of a magnitude of between 7.5 and 8.25 in today’s measurements.
April 16, 2013, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: 1906 Earthquake, American History, Charmian London, Colliers Magazine, History, Huntington Library, Jack London, San Francisco, San Francisco Earthquake, The Cruise of the Snark, The Snark
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