INDEX

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A

Abbasi, Amber, 265

Abbey (was Pink 49) (seal), 36–37

Abbey, Edward (“Cactus Ed”), 71–78

Abbott, Robert, 169

Abbotts Lagoon, 128, 149–150

Ainley, David, xiii, 28, 31

Alabama, 194

Alaska, 40, 74, 147, 151, 194

Aleutian Trench, 41

Algeria, 135

Allen, Sarah, xii, 27–37, 139, 168–181, 184–185, 190–191, 195, 229–230, 244–246, 249, 251, 287

Anderson, Sherwood, 325

Anima, Roberto, xiii, 31, 172, 174, 178, 179–180, 181, 195

Antarctica, 169

Aquarius Plateau, 328

A Ranch, 106, 107, 278

Arcata, CA, 65

Arches National Monument, 72

Arctic, 126

Arizona, 71, 72

Arizona State University, 160

Aronsen, Gavin, 269

Ashland, OR, 63

Atlantic coast, 49, 60

Azores, 103, 104

B

Baker, Laura Nelson, 141

Baldwin, Carey, 136

Bancroft Library, 101

Barinaga, Marcia, 159

Barinaga Ranch, 158

Bass, Ellen, 83

Baty, Tom, xiv, 252

Bear Valley, CA, 113–114, 137

Bear Valley Road, 332

Bear Valley Visitor Center, 242

Becker, Ben, xiii, 191–192, 228, 229–230, 231, 232, 247–248, 255

Behr, Peter, 115

Bennett, Gordon, xii, 174, 189

Bidstrup, Frances, 34

Big Alec, 44

Bodega, CA, 157, 214

Bodega Bay, 331

Bolinas, CA, xvi, 140

Bolinas ridge, 109

Bonnot, Paul, 89

Boundary Waters Canoe Area, 349

Boxer, Barbara, xiii, 181, 189

B Ranch, xvi, 107

Bremier, P. J., 97, 134

British Columbia, 171

British Isles, 133, 135

Bronxville, NYC, 67

Brooklyn, NYC, 49, 50, 59, 219, 237

Bukowski, Charles, 71

Burgh (Fred’s friend), 69–71

Burton, Phillip, xiii, 121–126, 129–130, 190, 198

Burton, Sala, 121, 129

Byron, Lord (George Gordon), xvii

C

California, 39, 45, 56–57, 60, 65, 80, 88, 90, 99–100, 108–109, 141, 194, 199, 214–215, 222

Canada, 151, 270

Cann, Jeff, 147–148

Cape Cod, MA, 119

Capitol Reef National Monument, 328

Caribou Roadless Area, 349

Carlson, Gretchen, 266–267

Carson, Rachel, 75

Centipede (pirate), 43

Central America, 52

Central Park, NYC, 151

Chaney, John Griffith (aka Jack London), 43–44, 62, 63

Channel Islands of California, 153

Chesapeake Bay, 4, 50, 51, 91, 267

Chester, John, 209

Chico State University, 274

China, 62, 271

City by the Bay, 45

City Island, NYC, 50

Clinton, Bill, 78

Clyde, George, 124–125

Cobb, McCrea, xiii, 146–147

Cocos (Farallon Plate), 40

Cohelan, Jeffrey, 118

Colorado, 71, 328

Connecticut, 184

Cooper, Gary, 73

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, xv

Cortez (Hernán Cortés), 99

Cowgirl Creamery, 219

Creamery Bay, Drakes Estero, 88

Crellin, John, xii, 59, 60

Crellin, Thomas, xii, 59, 60

Crosse, Liza, 176

Cuba, 69

Cummings, Ginny. See Lunny, Ginny (later Cummings)

Czechoslovakia, 218

D

Dance Palace, 253

the darky, 49

Darwin, Charles, 323

Delaware, 194

Dell’Osso, John, xiii, 152, 183

Del Monte Park, CA, 143

Denison University, 69

Dicke, Cindy, 138

Dominican College, 109

Double Point, Drakes Bay, xvi, 232

Doughty, Thomas, 210

Drake, John, 209

Drake, Sir Francis, 20, 208–210, 215, 317

Drake, Thomas, 209

Drakes Bay, xvi, 28, 29, 111, 208, 258, 331, 360

Drakes Beach, xvi, 20, 29, 115, 209

Drakes Estero, 9–10, 19–20, 30, 32, 53, 85, 88–89, 91–92, 94, 96, 107, 120, 125, 127–128, 132, 165–166, 168, 170–172, 178, 181, 187–190, 195, 208, 214, 224, 227, 230–236, 242, 245–246, 254–255, 267–268, 270, 277, 281–283, 317, 360–364

Drakes Estero wilderness, 198

Drakes Head, 109

Drakes Summit Road, 332

Dresler, Charles, 243

E

East Coast, US, 55, 57, 59

East Jerusalem, 229

Edmiston, Beula, xii, 144–145, 146, 149

Ehrlichman, John, 117, 118–119

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 114, 206

Elizabeth I, 209

Elliott-Fisk, Deborah, xiii, 170, 172, 175

Ellis Island, NY, 50

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 71

Emslie, Steven D., xiii, 36–38, 41, 208

England, 210

Epstein, Dan, 262, 264–265, 269, 271

E Ranch, 278

Erickson, Frank, 91

Estero de Limantour, 32, 125, 128, 140, 188, 360

Eugene, OR, 65

Europe, 55

Evans, Daniel, 278

Evans, Dave, 278

Evans, Dolores, 278

Everglades, FL, 70

F

Faber, Phyllis, 269, 271

Fancher, Lyman, 31

Farallon Islands, xv, 35–39, 40, 208

Feinstein, Dianne, xiii, 75, 177, 181, 182, 184, 186, 189, 197, 198, 228, 231, 254–255, 258, 267

Feynman, Richard, 201

Fisher, M. F. K., 54

Fishers Island, Long Island, NY, 67, 71

Florida, 70, 151

Florida Keys, 70

Foreman, Dave, 75, 77

Fort Hunter Liggett military base, 148

France, 135

F Ranch, 89

Frank, Waldo, 325

French, Frank, 44

French Quarter, 71

Frost, Gavin, 251

G

Germany, 75

Getler, Michael, 271

Giacomini, Bob, 278

Gina (waitress), 103

Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 124, 139, 278

Gondola, Ambrose, xii, 136–137

Goodman, Corey, xiii, 158–162, 176, 178, 180–181, 185, 187–188, 192, 219–222, 232–233, 248–251, 253–257, 272–273, 287

Gore Ranges-Eagles Nest Primitive Area, CO, 343

Gowanus Canal, NYC, 237

G Ranch, xvi, 19

Grand Central Station oyster bar, NYC, 17

Grand Teton National Park, 151

Graton Rancheria, 205–207

Graton Resort & Casino, 203–205, 213

Greece, 135

Greig, Denise, 234, 235

Grossi, Henry, 193

Guatulco (slave), 209

Gulf of Mexico, 270

Gulf of the Farallones, 168

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, xv

Gunn, Melanie, xiii

H

Haggerty Gulch, 334

Haley, James A., 356

Hall, Ansel F., 143

Hanna, John, 74–76

Hannibal, MO, 324

Hawaii, 226

Hawaiian islands, 62

Hawkins, William, 209–210

Hearst Castle, 136

Heneman, Burr, xiii, 28, 34–35, 39, 41, 139

Henry (golden retriever), 253

Hill, Julia Butterfly, 65, 79–80

Hilo, HI, 226

Hines, Ellen, 179, 245

Hog’s Breath bar, 70

Houston, TX, 76

H Ranch, 278

Huber, Harriet, xiii, 31, 36, 39, 41

Hullin, Tod, 119

Humboldt Bay, 89

Hummingbird Coast, 212

Hunt, Dorothy, 33

I

Ignacio (pseud.), xi, 16, 20–23

India, 271

Inverness, CA, 107, 134, 137, 218, 257, 287, 332

Inverness Ridge, 109, 141

Inverness Yacht Club, 134

I Ranch, 278

Ireland, 171, 184

Islands of Spirits, 208

Islands of the Dead, 208

Isle of California, 99

Isle of Man, 59

Issa, Darrell, 265

J

Jacob, Susanna, 139

Jacobs, John, 123

Jalisco, Mexico, 287

Jamaica Bay, NY, 50

Jamison, Peter, 171

Japan, 41, 55, 89–90, 92

Jarvis, Jonathan, xii, 182, 191, 198, 263

Jeff (forest activist), 65, 66

Jensen, Larry, xii, 89–90, 91, 134

Jersey Shore, NJ, 50

Jesus (biblical), 328

Jewell, Sally, xii

Johansson, Oscar, xii, 91

Johnson, Charlie, xi, 41–42, 90–91, 92–94, 119, 127

Johnson, Lady Bird (Claudia Alta), 115

Johnson, Lyndon B., 364

Johnson, Makiko, xi, 41, 91, 92

Johnson, Tom, xi, 88, 94–97, 230, 243, 283, 317

Johnson family, 19, 93, 95, 163, 164, 175, 193–194, 243–244, 282

J Ranch, 278

Juan de Fuca (Farallon Plate), 40

K

Kansas, 90

Kehoe, Mike, 278

Kehoe, Thomas, 278

Kehoe, Tim, 278

Kelham, Bruce, 114

Kelham, Grace, 114

Kennedy, John F., 113, 114

Kern County, CA, 142, 143

Keyport, NJ, 50

Kinsey, Steve, xiii, 160, 161, 164, 176, 177, 186, 189, 231, 254

Koch brothers (Charles G. & David H.), 129, 269, 270, 271, 286

Koehler, Matt, 79

Krakauer, Jon, 73

K Ranch, 278

Kyl, John, 356, 357

L

Labrucherie, Frank, 85

Lage, Ann, 101

Lebanon, 135

Lenape, 59

Leopold, Starker, 27

Lewis, W. B., 142

Liberty Island, NY, 50

Limantour Beach, xvi, 111, 238

Limantour estuary, 29

Limantour estuary (Estero de), 32, 125, 128, 140, 188, 360

Little Indian Sioux Roadless Area, 349

London, England, 121–122, 215

London, Jack (John Chaney), 43–44, 62, 63

Long Island, NY, 17, 60, 194

Long Island Sound, NY, 67

Los Angeles, CA, 115, 143

Lower East Side, NYC, 48, 49

Lucas Valley, Marin County, 101

Luna (tree), 65, 79–80

Lunny, Brigid, xi, 22, 86, 223, 287

Lunny, Ginny (later Cummings), xi, 13, 15, 242

Lunny, Joan, 86

Lunny, Joe III, 86

Lunny, Joe Jr., xi, 85–86, 87

Lunny, Joe Sr., 85–86

Lunny, Kevin, xi, 9, 86–88, 96–97, 134–135, 162–165, 167–172, 175–177, 181–184, 190–191, 193–194, 223, 224–225, 229–231, 236, 242, 243, 248–250, 253, 254, 258–259, 262–268, 270, 271, 272–273, 277–279, 282–283

Lunny, Nancy, xi, 9, 86, 97, 223, 272–273

Lunny, Patrick, 86

Lunny, Sean, 86

Lunny family, 11, 19, 87, 162–164, 172, 181–182, 185, 197, 222–223, 258, 263, 275, 276, 281, 287, 317

M

Macdonald, Norm, 153

Macgregor, Wally, 142

Machiavelli, 122

Maine, 46, 60, 194

Manhattan, NYC, 17, 46, 48, 50, 51, 67, 68, 76

Maria (Drake’s concubine), 208–209, 210, 215

Marin, CA, 109, 189, 213

Marin County, CA, 101

Marris, Trinka, 152, 154

Marshall, CA, xvi, 157, 158, 160, 193, 212–213

Martinelli, Elmer Leroy, 278

Massachusetts, 184

Matrix Club, 115

Matsushima Bay, Japan, 90

McAllister, M. Hall, 142

McCandless, Christopher, 73

McCloskey, Helen, 128–129

McCloskey, Pete, xiii, 116, 117–119, 128–129

McClure, Robert, 278

McCullough, Dale, 145–146

McKeown, M. Margaret, 277

Mediterranean Sea, 135

Mello, Henry J., 35

Mendoza, Jarrod, 274–275, 278

Mendoza, Jolyn, 278

Mendoza, Joseph (Joe Sr.), 107–109, 112, 199

Mendoza, Joseph Jr. (“Little Joey”), xi, 102–103, 199–200, 274–275, 278

Mendoza, Joseph Vera (J. V.), xi, 103–107, 108, 112, 146, 199

Mendoza, Zena, xi, 106–107, 112, 116–117, 146, 275

Mendoza family, 287

Mephistopheles, 122

Meral, Jerry, 198

Mexico, 40, 287

Michels, Spencer, 268–270, 273

Michoacán, Mexico, 20

Middle East, 133

Midwest America, 270

Mihan, Ralph, 95–96

Miller, Clement Woodnutt (Clem), 110–111, 113–115, 253, 354

Miller, Henry, 141–142

Miller, Katy, 115–116, 119, 253

Mill Valley, CA, 110, 191

Misión San Francisco de Asís, 317

Mission Dolores, 45

Mississippi, 70–71

Missoula, MO, 78, 80

Miwok, 106, 140–141, 166, 195–196, 205, 208, 209, 210–212, 213, 214–215, 362

Mohammad, 99

Montana, 325

Monterey, CA, 75

Monterey Bay, CA, 34

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, xv

Monterey County, CA, 143, 148

Morgan, John Stillwell, 44–64, 89, 91, 166, 167, 196, 225

Morgan, Sophia (neé Crellin), xi, 59

Morgan family, 47–48

Mount Everest, 126

Mount Tamalpais, CA, 211

Mount Vision, CA, 136, 238

Mount Wittenberg, CA, 106, 108

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 151

Muir, John, 71, 126, 208, 214

Muldoon, Cicely, xii, 248–250, 278

N

Naess, Arne, 71

Napa, CA, 196

Nelson, Gaylord, 122

Neruda, Pablo, 121

Neubacher, Don, xii, 95–97, 140, 163–164, 169, 171, 173, 174, 176, 178, 185, 188, 191, 243, 248, 283

New Amsterdam, 51

New England, 102

New Jersey, 167

New Orleans, LA, 71

New York, 59, 62, 89, 91, 167, 194

New York City, 3, 48, 50, 51, 56, 57, 69, 220, 237

New York Harbor, 50, 51

Nicasio, CA, 86

Nisbet, Dave, 226

Nisbet family, 226

Nixon, Richard, 4, 117, 118, 119

North Carolina, 71

Northern California, 3, 36, 65, 237–238

Nunes, Betty, 278

O

Oakland, CA, xv, 58

Obama, Barack, 265

Oklahoma, 41, 90

Old Western Saloon, 102

Olema, CA, xvi, 332

Olema Creek, 333, 334

Olema Inn, 93, 181

Olema Valley, 208

Oregon, 63, 65, 71, 75, 184, 225, 226

Orrin (San Franciscan), 46, 58

Oscar (pseud.), xi, 9–10, 13, 16–25, 287

Ossining, NY, 50

Ottinger, Millard “Doc,” xii, 136–137, 218

Owens Valley, CA, 143–145

Oyster Shack, 10, 12, 13, 25, 277–278

Oysterville, CA, 59

P

Pacific Coast, US, 60

Pacific Northwest, 79, 226

Pacific Ocean, 85, 89, 90, 104, 157

Pacific-Union Country Club, 109, 114

Padre Island, TX, 119

Paita (slave), 209

Pakistan, 126

Palestine, 229

Panama, 209

Park Avenue, NYC, 68

Paxton, Bill, 160

Pelosi, Nancy, 189

Pentagon, 77

Pesonen, David E., 321–329

Phillip Burton Wilderness Area, 130, 188

Pierce Point, 104

Pierce Point Ranch, 104

Pierce Point Road, 331

Pine Cone Diner, 102–103

Pine Gulch Creek, 333

Pink 49 (later Abbey) (seal), 36–37

Playboy Club, London, 121

Plotkin, Robert, xiii, 220–221

Plymouth, England, 215

Point Reyes, xv, xvi, 4, 19–20, 35–36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 80–81, 99–120, 125, 131–133, 141, 144, 148, 150, 152, 166, 185, 189, 198, 208, 212, 213, 217–218, 227, 239–240, 246–248, 252, 257–258, 270, 274, 276, 317, 331

Point Reyes beaches, 169

Point Reyes Bird Observatory, 32, 33, 37, 139, 168

Point Reyes National Seashore, xvi, 3, 14, 28, 31–32, 35, 41, 80, 86, 95, 100–101, 113–115, 118, 121, 127–128, 135, 137, 140, 146, 158, 168, 175, 177, 185–186, 197, 232, 234, 238, 267–268, 276, 278, 317, 330–338, 353, 359–364

Point Reyes National Seashore wilderness area, 121, 125–130, 353–363

Point Reyes peninsula, 40, 111, 330, 360, 362

Point Reyes Station, xvi, 40, 107, 157, 218

Point Reyes Station community center, 253

Pollan, Michael, 258

Pomo, 210–211, 214

Pontacq, Jeanette, 175

Porpoise (pirate), 43

Power (seal), 36

Press, Dave, xiii, 229

Prince’s Bay, Staten Island, 51

Prows, Peter, 282

Puerto Rico, 194

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 20

Puget Sound, WA, 89

Q

Quaid, Dennis, 67

Quail, Pat, xii, 88–89

Queens, NYC, 50

Quirt, Steve, 87

R

Ragen, Tim, xiii, 233, 236, 248

Raitt, Bonnie, 79

Rancho Las Baulines, 330–331, 333

Rancho Punta de los Reyes (Sobrante), 330–331, 333

Randall, Andrew, 106

Reagan, Ronald, 134

Redeye (seal), 36

Rhode Island, 60, 68, 184

Richard, Dominique, 232

Richmond, VA, 58

Ring of Fire, 40

Robbers’ Roost, 328

Roberts, Susan, 193

Rocky Mountains, 40

Rogers, Yvonne Gonzalez, 279

Rohnert Park, CA, 213

Rolph, Sarah, 283

Ropher (golden retriever), 237

Rosa (pseud.), xi, 25

Roselle, Mike, 75, 77

Rossotti, Julie, 278

Russia, 150, 271

S

Sacramento, CA, 52, 55

Salazar, Ken, xii, 197, 198–199, 227, 228–229, 231, 254, 258, 263, 359–364

Salgado, Valerio, 199–200

Salinas, CA, 75

Salzman, James E., 33–34

San Andreas Fault, 39–40

San Diego, CA, 236

San Francisco, xv, 3, 29, 45–46, 52, 56–57, 59–60, 85, 90, 91, 101, 103–104, 105–106, 108, 110, 115, 122, 166, 234, 246, 276

San Francisco Bay, 43, 52–53, 55, 58, 60–61, 63, 88, 91, 101, 166, 167, 196, 266, 267

San Francisco Bay Area, xv, 55, 57, 110, 166, 266

San Francisco Zoo, 136, 137

San Geronimo Creek, 169

San Joaquin Valley, CA, 141

San Jose, CA, 101

San Mateo, CA, 58

San Rafael, CA, xv

San Rafael Swell, 328

Sansing, John, xii, 93, 149

Santa Barbara, CA, 65

Santa Clara Valley, CA, 102, 110

Santa Cruz, CA, 75

Santa Fe, NM, 71

Santa Rosa, CA, 41

São Jorge, Azores, 103

Sarris, Greg, xiii, 205, 207–208, 210–214

Saskatchewan, Canada, 325

Saskatchewan prairie, 327–328

Sausalito, CA, 58, 110, 248

Sawtooth National Forest, ID, 127

Sawtooth Wilderness, ID, 127

Saylor, John, 119

Scarface (seal), 36

Scotland, 73, 184

Scratch (pirate), 43

the sealers’ woman, xiv, 37–38, 208

Seguine, Joseph, 50–56

Seinfeld, Jerry, 220

Sendai, Japan, 90

Sequoia National Park, 142

Shafter, Helen U., 332–333

Shafter, Mary S., 332–333

Shafter brothers, 106

Shafter family, 108, 317

Shakespeare, William, 151, 215

Shark (pirate), 43

Shoalwater Bay, 56, 57–58

Shook, Bill, 148

Sierra Madre Mountains, 40

Silicon Valley, 99

Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, 19, 331, 332, 334

Siskiyou National Forest, 65–66, 78

Smith, Fred, xii, 65–71, 78–81, 114, 133–135, 139, 151–152, 154–155, 160, 177, 181, 186–189, 197, 219, 252–253, 268, 287

Smith, Tom, 196, 205, 212

Sonoma, CA, 141, 213

Sonoma State University, 192, 204, 207

South Asia, 136

Southeast Asia, 115

Southeast Farallon Island, 35–36

Southern California, 184

South Vietnam, 114

Southwest US, 150

Spain, 135

Spider (pirate), 43

Stanford University, 73, 101, 117, 160, 233

Staten Island, NY, 50–51

Station House Café, 102

Stegner, Wallace, 71, 73, 285, 321–329

Stewart, Boyd, xii, 101–102, 110–111, 115–116, 120

Stewart, Jimmy, 121

Stinson Beach, CA, 34

Stockton, CA, 56

Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 215

Strickland, Tom, 269, 271, 273

Superior National Forest, MN, 349

Superior Roadless Area, 349

Sutherland, John, 186

Sydeman, Bill, 36

T

Tarbelly (seal), 36

Texas, 71, 194

Thompson, Hunter S., 71

Thoreau, Henry David, 71, 73, 131, 208, 214, 253

Thoron, Samuel, 190–191

Tiburon, CA, 58, 104, 110

Tierra del Fuego, 52, 209

Tokyo, Japan, 76

Tolstoy, Leo, 73

Tomales Bay, xvi, 1, 5, 53, 63, 89, 91, 94, 104, 124, 141, 157, 166, 193, 196, 208, 212–213, 218, 226, 287

Tomales Bay Foods, 219

Tomales Bay State Park, 331

Tomales Point, xvi, 104, 107, 140, 146, 148, 212, 331

Tompkins, Barry, 152–153

Trainer, Amy, xii, 253, 268, 271

Turnbull, George, 184

Twain, Mark, 324, 325

U

UC Berkeley, 27, 28, 101, 115, 160, 168

Udall, Steward, 115

United Kingdom, 121

United Nations, 3, 229, 294, 295

University of Aberdeen, 192

University of California, 147

University of California, Davis, 109, 226

University of Montana, 78

University of North Carolina, Wilmington, 36

Upper East Side, NYC, 68

U Ranch, 108

Utah, 326

V

Valley Ford, CA, 212

Van der Ryn, Sim, 240, 242, 258–259

Vermont, 105

Vietnam, 115, 118

Virginia, 46, 49, 184

Virginia City, NV, 324

Vitter, David, 270

Vladimir’s, 5, 102, 134, 218

W

Washington, D.C., 77, 116–117, 222, 228, 266

Washington State, 17, 55, 65, 90, 167, 184, 225, 226

Washington Territory, 53, 56–57, 59, 60, 197

Waters, Alice, 275

Watsonville, CA, 74

Watt, Laura, 192

Watts (neighborhood), Los Angeles, 115

Wayne County, Utah, 328

Weiman, Dave, xiii, 177, 222–223, 242

West Coast, US, 41, 89, 209, 225

Westfield village, 47

West Marin, CA, 20, 92–93, 133, 135, 139, 160, 185, 189, 217, 221, 253, 276–277

White House, 219–220

WildCare, 138

Willapa Bay, 56, 197, 225, 226

Wilson, E. O., 75

Wolke, Howie, 75, 77

Woolsey, Lynn, xiii, 154, 181, 189

Worstall, Tim, 270

Wullschleger, John, 174–175

Y

Yolo County, CA, 128

Yosemite National Park, 142–143, 248

Z

Z Ranch, 106, 108