Henry Miller Comes to Big Sur
Until the Nazis invaded, Henry Miller was living an idyllic life in Greece. Returning to America, he saw himself as a refugee, arriving on the Monterey Peninsula to visit an artist friend who had a studio above Cannery Row. After the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Carmel Mayor Keith Evans resigned and joined the Army. […]
David Jacks Buys Monterey
Robert Louis Stevenson’s work for the “Monterey Californian” taught him a great deal about our area, and he decided to use that information in a proposed book “Old And New Pacific Capitals” which he never completed. The most fascinating character in that book was David Jacks, a rich Republican land developer who had an iron […]
Steinbeck’s Local Legacy
Steinbeck’s Local LegacyOf all the gifts John Steinbeck received throughout his life, the most significant was the illustrated book given to him by his nearsighted Aunt Molly. On his ninth birthday in 1911, either at his family’s home in Salinas or at his grandmother’s cottage at 222 Central Avenue in Pacific Grove, he received Malory’s […]
S.F.B. MORSE AND POSTWAR POLITICS
In the Post War period, dominated nationally by the Democrats and Truman Administration. S.F.B. Morse looked forward locally to strengthen the California Republican Party. Opposed to the New Deal Policies of FDR, and continued liberal efforts, he saw promise in a 31 year old WWII Navy veteran from the Monterey Bay, Donald Grunsky (1916-2000). Born […]
Vineyard Gateway Reviews
Another Party Heard From Mari’Antonia Dudley Mme Mari’Antonia Dudley, better known locally as “Nubbi” Dudley, was one of the first to recognize the need in the early years of the wine revolution to provide private sector marketing expertise. Consequently, in the late 60’s Dudley instituted the Wine Counsel of Regional Monterey. Here, Mari’Antonia enhanced the […]