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Storied Land — Community and Memory in Monterey
by John Walton (2003) |
Cannery Row — The History of John Steinbeck's Old Ocean View Avenue
by Michael Kenneth Hemp (2003) |
Beyond the Outer Shores: The Untold Odyssey of Ed Ricketts, the Pioneering Ecologist Who Inspired John Steinbeck and Joseph Campbell
by Eric Enno Tamm (2004) |
A Monterey Album: Life by the Bay
by Dennis Copeland and Jeanne McCombs (2003) |
Not merely a retelling of Monterey's history nor a snapshot of its monuments or museums, Walton's book investigates how a community "remembers, forgets, denies, affirms or otherwise structures its understanding of itself."
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Cannery Row only came by its name in 1958. Hemp's lavishly illustrated book tells the story of the 'Row from the turn of the last century through the wistful days of the late 1950s, when Ocean View Avenue received the name that John Steinbeck gave it. |
Ed Ricketts was immortalized by John Steinbeck as the rowdy 'Doc' in Cannery Row, but he was actually an adventurous and original marine biologist, whose radical "biocentric worldview" led to the modern concept of ecology. |
Photographs selected from the Monterey Public Library's copious archives show the everyday activities of Monterey's residents in bye-gone days, from Santa Rosalia festivities to hillside neighborhoods to civic parades. |
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Monterey's Waterfront
by Tim Thomas (2006) |
Point Lobos
by Monica Hudson and Suzanne Wood (2004) |
Monterey Peninsula: The Golden Age
by Kim Coventry (2002) |
Pacific Grove
by Kent Seavey (2005) |
The history of Monterey's waterfront, wharves and whalers, fishing boats and family-owned businesses is told by the Monterey Maritime & History Museum's historian; liberally illustrated with vintage photographs. |
Called the most beautiful meeting of land and sea in the world, Point Lobos has seen diverse uses and abuses. This pictorial history draws on library references, private family archives and state park resources. |
More than 200 vintage images show off the highlights of the Monterey Peninsula, including the lavish Hotel Del Monte, the bridges of Pacific Coast Highway in Big Sur, the bathhouse of Lovers Point, and the cottages of Carmel. |
Seavey, a former curator of the California Historical Society, delivers a treasure trove of historic and vintage photos of Pacific Grove. |
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