Billinoregon
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This volume is out of print, I believe, but was published in 1984 by Binford and Mort of Portland, Oregon. The author works his way slowly up the Oregon coast from the California border with a selection of short stories (with made-up dialog) about particularly famous wrecks (the first is the gold-laden Brother Jonathan, which got hung up on a rock right at the Ore-Cal border in 1865), then a nautical description of the coast itself with landmarks, lights and safe anchorages in NW and SE weather, then a list of all known wrecks for the section. Admittedly, most of the wrecks were ships engaged in typical northwest coastal trade, i.e., lumber and coal for San Francisco, goods, hardware and passengers for Portland and Seattle, but the astonishing thing is the sheer number of wrecks from the 1850s onward. Worth having in your library if you are a Pacific Northwester! Found my copy used on Amazon.
The sea is truly a cruel mistress.
The sea is truly a cruel mistress.
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