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Paperback Pacific Grove Book

ISBN: 0738529648

ISBN13: 9780738529646

Pacific Grove

(Part of the Images of America: California Series)

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Pacific Grove, in the pine forests on the westernmost tip of Monterey Bay, is a magnet for wildlife, tourists, and scientists. Site of the first operational lighthouse in California and the first marine laboratory on the Pacific Coast, its beaches attracted camp meetings in the 19th century. Rows of tent housing that lined the original streets grew into charming neighborhoods of seaside cottages, lit annually by the Feast of Lanterns since 1905. Botanical and biological splendor attracted scientists like Edward Flanders Ricketts, made famous by his friend and one-time Pacific Grove resident John Steinbeck. Each year hundreds of groups use its famous conference center, Asilomar, and each fall tens of thousands of Monarch butterflies make a 2,500-mile journey to hang from the pines in great clusters of wafting wings.

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Pacific Grove CA Images of America

Having grown up in Pacific Grove I probably appreciate this book more than some others. In fact I liked it so much I have ordered two more copies, one for my sister and one for my brother. Have also ordered another in this series about the Monterey Peninsula. My father even worked in one of the canneries on Cannery Row that John Steinbeck wrote about. Loved the book, what more can I say?
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