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Published: April, 2002 Dear Editor: I enjoyed reading the March issue, particularly the article on Angel Island and its military history, which brought to mind some family history of my own. A little over 100 years ago, my father received his discharge papers on Angel Island from the U.S. Army after a three-year hitch in […]
Bay Crossings Cuisine
Published: October, 2003 The Mighty Quinn was actually a writer. Born in 1857 in England, Richard Turner Quinn turned out to be disappointment to his aristocratic father, who wanted him to become a soldier. After a brief writing career in England, he fled the country for rampant plagiarism. When he told the immigration officials […]
Making Your Sailboat Look Good
By Scott Alumbaugh Published: August, 2007 Good-looking boats tend to sail well. It may sound rather shallow at first, but I’m not talking here about more expensive boats, or boats with canvas that matches the boot stripe, or even boats with crews wearing matching polo shirts. No, I’m talking about the boat as boat. To […]