Reprinted, updated, in preparation, ISBN: 940168-40-5

BIG SUR resident Jeff Norman has completely updated John Woolfenden's tale of the bold families who have clung to the rugged coastal wilderness of California for more than a century. The story begins with the pioneers, and follows the history of their struggles to maintain their way of life up to the present day. Will the land remain a wilderness with a sparse population of "characters," will it become a reserve managed by federal or state agencies, or will it succumb to intense development with motels, towns, and other signs of "civilization"? Much new information, many new photographs, modern and historical.