California's Lost Tales
and Sunken Mysteries

by David Finnern, FRGS

SUNKEN TREASURE, PIRATE SHIPS, SMUGGLERS, LOST AIRCRAFT – CALIFORNIA TEEMS WITH HISTORICAL INTRIGUE.
Award-winning writer, explorer, and investigator David Finnern delves into the far corners of the Golden State to uncover the forgotten tales and sunken mysteries of the past in this 200-page book, California's Lost Tales and Sunken Mysteries
The treasure-laden Brother Jonathan slams into a submerged rock and sinks in 1865 to become California’s worst maritime disaster. The airship USS Macon was one of the largest flying objects ever built, only to crash into deep water off Monterey in 1935. The USS Bennington lay quietly at anchor until a mysterious explosion rocked San Diego Harbor in 1905. A harbor is filled with enigmatic shipwrecks, including a notorious Chinese pirate ship, hidden off Los Angeles. These are but a few of the tales in California’s Lost Tales and Sunken Mysteries.

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Explore the true accounts of lost aircraft, missing riverboats, and the very ship that Jack London used as a model for Ghost in his immortal tale, The Sea Wolf. Search for such enduring legends as the Ghost Ship of the Desert – true accounts of not only history but the adventure of exploration and discovery as told by a seasoned storyteller and explorer, illustrated with over a hundred vintage and present-day photographs.

This is David Finnern's second book. See Lost Tales and Sunken Mysteries. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Author, explorer, and investigator David Finnern has spent over 35 years searching for shipwrecks and submerged ruins. He has published hundreds of stories on underwater exploration, and he has written on assignments for such magazines as Skin Diver, Western and Eastern Treasures, Wreck Diver, Underwater USA, Western Diver, and Immersed. He has also investigated land sites, such as lost aircraft and ghost ports, and written stories on other topics, which have appeared in such publications as Nevada Magazine, The Orange County Register, and Adventure West.  Finnern is the author of several books, including the critically acclaimed Passage Through Deep Waters, The Sport Diver’s Guide to Sunken Treasure, which received “Book of the Year” honors, and Lost Below, which chronicles some of the most intriguing shipwrecks, sunken aircraft, submerged ruins and undersea treasures in the Southwest. His novel, Beneath Black Water Cove, was awarded “top ten” honors in The Adventure Writers Competition. He has been a featured speaker at numerous functions throughout the United States and has appeared as a guest on various television networks, such as Fox, CBN, and the National Geographic Channel. He is a member and former president of both The Adventurers’ Club and California Wreck Divers, Inc., and was elected a Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society in 2002. 

Email the author for speaking engagements at dafin1@hotmail.com

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8883161840
6 x 9 paperback
200 pages