audiobook After the Fall: Srebrenica Survivors in St. Louis by Patrick Mccarthy in History

Description

California writer John Steinbeck referred to the treacherous strip of shore between Montara and Half Moon Bay as "the hard luck coast." Along this foggy; final approach to San Francisco; vessels were forced to hug the perilous coast; putting them in danger of its rocky outcroppings and unruly seas. From 1851 to 1946; dozens of ships sank in the notorious corridor between Montara and Half Moon Bay. Each shipwreck represents a separate; yet integrated piece of history; linking the reader to the past. Each lighthouse; whether it contains a small lantern or a giant first order Fresnel lens; is a mighty monument to that past. Their beacons are our eyes to the world as it was; attesting to the stories of irreplaceable people; places and times.