The Beachboys
by William Ward Martin
Pindar long ago wrote "Unsung, the noblest deed will die." That immortal line inspired the writing of The Beachboys, a commemoration of an all but forgotten group of surfers of the 1940s and early 1950s. To know their world is to experience what has been the envy of every person, here or abroad, who has been drawn to the California mystique. They were called the Sunset Surfers. They had no store-bought boards, no wetsuits, no leashes, no surfing magazines to pump them up. Their calling was more than the surf. It was the elements and their unique camaraderie. They had their own world and their own testimonies of which some are captured in this book. The result: an uplifting for the reader which he cannot get from any other place or time.
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Paperback: 250 pages
Over 100 Color and B&White Photos
ISBN-10: 1440409625
ISBN-13: 978-1440409622
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The First Wave of Stories
by Don Mellon
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In 2008 I started to write some recollections of my youth. Having lost my father in 1941, when I was seven years old, I grew into adulthood yearning to know more about my father’s early life. Unfor-tunately my father’s friends and family were gone leaving me with only vague memories of my father. Not wanting my own sons to be left without tangible knowledge of their father’s youth I began to write. Story by story, The First Wave of Stories evolved.
. . . The early stories paint pictures of what it was like to be a youngster living on the edge of the beautiful Pacific Ocean, experiencing and enjoying the sea and surf. The stories then progress on to my service in the military and later to a career in commercial real estate; all the while not losing touch with the ocean and the grand relationship I had with it and the boats that let me be at one with the sea.
The stories overlap to some degree, but I tried to arrange the collection in a natural chronological order beginning with the earliest and proceeding forward. I have included enjoyable experiences with my sons, and used the real names of my boyhood friends. Growing up during the 30’s, 40’s and early 50’s was a rich and wonderful time for me. I hope these stories provide the reader with a glimpse of those years and my experiences back then.
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Paperback: 190 pages
24 Illustrations by the Author
ISBN-13: 978-1452886664
ISBN-10: 1452886660
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