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Recommended Books on San Miguel Island, Channel Islands National Park

Posted on September 24, 2022October 21, 2022 by Boon
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This is a compilation list of books related to San Miguel Island which I encountered during my trip to the island. San Miguel Island is part of Channel Islands National Park and lies within Santa Barbara County. This westernmost island receives northwesterly winds and severe weather from the open ocean. The cold and nutrient-rich water surrounding the island is home to a diverse array of the sea not found on the southern islands. Submerged rocks make the nearly 28-mile (45 km) coastline a mariner’s nightmare.

Below are some of the books which were recommended to read by the Park Ranger…

Books on San Miguel Island
Books on San Miguel Island

San Miguel Island: Santa Barbara’s 4th Island West Paperback – November 1, 1991

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TitleSan Miguel Island: Santa Barbara’s Fourth Island West
AuthorLois W. Roberts
PublisherCal Rim Books, 1991
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedMay 9, 2009
ISBN0963037005, 9780963037008
Length214 pages
SubjectsTravel › General

The Life and Adventures of George Nidever, 1802-1883

Reprint of the 1937 first edition, with a new introduction by Bruce Craig, Channel Islands National Park. The recollections of mountain man and California pioneer George Nidever (1802-83), as dictated to E.F. Murray. After years spent roving and adventuring from Missouri to Texas, Nidever accompanied Joseph R. Walker to California in 1833, and remained there, joining George C. Yount in a sea otter hunt which had some success. He joined Fremont at Santa Barbara in 1846 and accompanied him as interpreter to Cahuenga where a treaty was signed. Nidever tried the gold fields briefly, but with not important success, ranched for a time on San Miguel Island, and rescued Juana Maria, the “lone woman of San Nicolas Island,” after she had been many years in involuntary exile there. =

TitleSan Miguel Island: Santa Barbara’s Fourth Island West
AuthorWilliam Ellison
PublisherMcNally & Loftin Pub (January 1, 1984)
LanguageEnglish
FormatHardcover,Paperback
ISBN0874610583, 978-0874610581
Length128 pages
SubjectsTravel › General

The Legendary King of San Miguel – September 4, 1974

Island Life in the Santa Barbara Channel. The Legendary King of San Miguel Island, Herb Lester, died there on June 18, 1942. The story of the Lester Family and their ranching days on San Miguel island is a fascinating one.

TitleThe Legendary King of San Miguel Paperback – September 4, 1974
AuthorElizabeth Sherman Lester
PublisherMcnally & Loftin Pub; 1st edition (September 4, 1974)
LanguageEnglish
FormatPaperback
ISBN0874610273, 978-0874610277
Length90 pages
SubjectsTravel › General

San Miguel Island: My Childhood Memoir, 1930-1942

Many readers will expect this book to be an elegiac account of life on a little known island with a legendary reputation for desolation, shipwrecks and storms. It could be about the dramas of a childhood recalled in tranquility many years later. But this is not a book written out of other people’s expectations. It is a highly personal account of a continuing relationship with a well known and much beloved landscape.

TitleSan Miguel Island: My Childhood Memoir, 1930-1942
AuthorBetsy Lester Roberti
PublisherSanta Cruz Island Foundation; 1st edition (June 6, 2008)
LanguageEnglish
FormatPaperback
ISBN1886342091, 978-1886342095
Length130 pages
SubjectsTravel › General

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