Ray Jones - California Myths and Legends: The True Stories Behind Historys Mysteries

Ray Jones is a historian, author, and publishing consultant living in Pebble Beach, California. He has written more than thirty books on topics ranging from dinosaurs to country stores, but is probably best known for his lighthouse travel guides and histories. Published by Globe Pequot Press in 2004, his award winning Lighthouse Encyclopedia is widely regarded to be the best and most informative volume on the subject. He has also written a number of PBS companion books including Niagara Falls: An Intimate Portrait, published in 2006 also by Globe Pequot Press.

Joe Lubow, formerly Merrill College Librarian and Fellow at the University of California at Santa Cruz, has been an editor and author for more than thirty-five years. His writing has focused mainly on California history, living, and travel. His books with Globe Pequot Press include Choose a College Town for Retirement and, more recently, Disasters and Heroic Rescues of California and It Happened in Yosemite National Park, both of which he cowrote with Ray Jones. Along with writing and editing, Joe spends most of his nights surrounded by books and periodicals as the evening supervisor of the Library at California State University Monterey Bay.

The librarians of the world are a forgotten breed of angels whose assistance to humanity in general and writers in particular is all too often ignored. The reference librarians and personnel of the following university and public libraries were especially helpful in the creation of this book: Pacific Grove Public Library, Monterey Public Library, San Jose Public Library, Henry Madden Library at Fresno State University, and the Library at California State University Monterey Bay. Special thanks also to the past and present personnel of Washington Memorial Library in Macon, Georgia, whose generosity to me when I was a child practically forced me to become a writer.

Likewise often ignored are the editors of the publishing houses that package and sell the books that authors feel compelled to write and, if we are lucky, readers purchase and devour. These long-suffering people put up with a lot from writers, many of whom are slow to produce the manuscripts they have promised, not to mention cranky and overly fond of their own words. This particular author hopes that he is not like that, at least not most of the time. And just in case the opposite is true, he would like to express his thanks and sincere appreciation to the entire staff of Globe Pequot Press. Globe Pequot editors Erin Turner and Meredith Rufino deserve special mention for their extraordinary diligence and patience. Thanks.

Like Ray, I am also heavily indebted to the libraries of California, America, and the world. I especially want to thank the staff of the Library at California State University Monterey Bay for its help, since so many of the materials I relied upon came from the collection, databases, and access to the Interlibrary Loan System. I also drew heavily from materials of the Californiana collections of the Monterey Public Library and the Santa Cruz Public Libraries, as well as the Monterey County Free Libraries. Thanks to my old friend Allen Spiegel, who is responsible for bringing Ray and me together, a meeting which has resulted in our collaboration on several writing projects and on the golf course. For their personal support and uplifting spirits, my sister, Marsha Lubow, and my life partner, Tran Ngoc Angie, I also express my everlasting gratitude.

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