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Wild Catalina Island

2013-03-26 History
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Release : 2013-03-26
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Wild Catalina Island by : Frank J. Hein

Download or read book Wild Catalina Island written by Frank J. Hein. This book was released on 2013-03-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A year-round escape for one million annual tourists, Catalina Island is gaining popularity as a world-class eco-destination. Eighty-eight percent of the island is under the watch of the Catalina Island Conservancy, which preserves, manages and restores the island's unique wild lands. Bison, foxes and bald eagles are its best-known inhabitants, but Catalina is home to more than sixty other animal and plant species that exist nowhere else on earth. And they are all within the boundaries of one of the world's most populous regions: Los Angeles County. Biologists Frank Hein and Carlos de la Rosa present a highly enjoyable tour through the fascinating origins, mysterious quirks and ecological victories of one of the West Coast's most remarkable places.

Tucson Teddy Takes a Trip

2013-06-17 Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)
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Release : 2013-06-17
Genre : Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)
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Book Synopsis Tucson Teddy Takes a Trip by : Dennis Seawright

Download or read book Tucson Teddy Takes a Trip written by Dennis Seawright. This book was released on 2013-06-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tucson Teddy is an adventurous little bear who loves to travel and explore. In this book, Teddy visits beautiful Catalina Island and enjoys many of the exciting attractions that Catalina has to offer.

Catalina by Sea

2006 History
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Release : 2006
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Catalina by Sea by : Jeannine L. Pedersen

Download or read book Catalina by Sea written by Jeannine L. Pedersen. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fancy flight of lyrics specifies that Santa Catalina Island is "26 miles across the sea." But mapmakers put the distance at 19.7 miles from the closest island point, Doctor's Cove (near Arrow Point), to the closest mainland locale, Point Fermin at San Pedro. Today boats and helicopters operating out of the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Newport Beach, and Dana Point transport musing songwriters and everyone else to Catalina for the song's much-promised "romance, romance, romance, romance," as well as fishing, sightseeing, and gainful employment. But the history of getting to and from the island's ports of Avalon and Two Harbors has been an epic across centuries of business and pleasure, involving a collective flotilla of side-wheelers, yachts, lumber schooners, steamships, water taxis, converted military vessels, crew boats, and today's fast and convenient jet boats.

Between Two Harbors

2013-08-30 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2013-08-30
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Between Two Harbors by : Doug Oudin

Download or read book Between Two Harbors written by Doug Oudin. This book was released on 2013-08-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalina Islandthe name conjures images of a pristine tropical island. Located twenty-six miles off the coast of Southern California, Catalina Island is known as the island of romance for good reason. A popular destination for boaters, fishermen, and tourists, its a recreational mecca at seaa place where people come to escape from the reality of urban life. Boasting 86,000 square miles of unspoiled and undeveloped natural beauty, Catalina is an island paradise with wild animals, surrounded by an ocean teeming with fish. For thirty-two years, Charles Douglas Doug Oudin lived a fantasy life on this secluded oasis. As the former harbormaster, he saw it allharrowing storms, dramatic ocean rescues, traumatic accidents, and the tragic death of actress Natalie Wood. Encounters with sharks, buffalo, wild boar, and even a sea serpent are just a few of the strange and unique experiences he had while living on the island. Now, in this memoir, he shares his story. For those who know and love Catalinaand those who have always wanted to visitBetween Two Harbors reveals a glimpse of what life on the island is really like.

Catalina Island

2004-08-11 Photography
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Release : 2004-08-11
Genre : Photography
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Book Synopsis Catalina Island by : Pedersen, Jeannine L.

Download or read book Catalina Island written by Pedersen, Jeannine L.. This book was released on 2004-08-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout its history, the 76-square-mile island of Catalina has played host to Native Americans, smugglers, otter hunters, ranchers, miners, entrepreneurs, vacationers, movie stars, and nature enthusiasts. William Wrigley Jr. (of chewing-gum fame) bought the island in 1919 and later constructed the recognizable casino building, which was never used for gambling but did become one of the best-known ballrooms in America. In the 1970s, the Wrigley family deeded 88 percent of the island to the Catalina Island Conservancy, which protects the natural state of the island and her inhabitants. Today nearly one million tourists visit annually to take in the fishing, parasailing, glass-bottomed tour boating, scuba diving, cycling, camping, galleries, shopping, and dining.

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