California Coast Trails: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

California Coast Trails, credited to Joseph Smeaton Chase, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of California Coast Trails by Joseph Smeaton Chase. Read in English by Adrian Praetzellis In 1911, decades before California's coast Highway 1 was built, an Englishman rode 2000 miles on horseback the length of California, from Mexico to Oregon. On the way he is courteously received at isolated ranches, has many quiet adventures, and is generally amazed by the beauty of our coast. A classic early California travelog. Chase was born in Islington (London) and but lived most of this life in the California desert. Here are Chase's major landmarks, first going south and then turning north: Chap. 1 El Monte to Laguna Beach. Chap. 2 Aliso Canyon to San Juan Capistrano. Chap. 3 San Juan hot springs (east of Mission Viejo) to Oceanside. Chap 4. Del Mar to San Diego. Chap. 5 San Fernando Valley to Malibu. Chap. 6 Boney Mountain (in the Santa Monica Mtns.) to Ventura. Chap. 7 Carpenteria to Santa Barbara. Chap 8. Refugio Pass (south of Solvang) to Lompoc. Chap. 9 Solvang to Las Cruces (south of Solvang). Chap. 10 Point Conception back to Lompoc. Chap. 11 Casmalia to Avila (on SLO Bay). Chap. 12 San Luis Obispo to Morro Bay. Chap. 13 to Jolon and Mission San Antonio de Padua (SE of Ft. Hunter Liggett). Chap. 14 to Pacific Valley (south of Limekiln State Park). Chap. 15 Limekiln, Lucia, to about Lopez Point. Chap. 16 Big Sur, Point Sur Lighthouse to Monterey. Chap. 17 Seaside through the Santa Cruz Mtns. to Pescadero (San Mateo Co.). Chap. 18 Half Moon Bay, San Francisco, to Drakes Bay. Chap. 19 Tomales Bay to Gualala. Chap. 20 Navarro to Westport. Chap. 21 King Range and the Mattole Valley to Eureka. Chap. 22 Arcata to the Klamath. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis)

Recording facts

• Recording title: California Coast Trails
• Author credits: Joseph Smeaton Chase
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Combined MP3 track duration: 10:00:39

Catalogue topics

• nature
• travel
• memoir
• autobiography
• geography
• california history
• travelog
• california coast

Track guide

1. 01 - Preface and Chap 1 — 37:17
2. 02 - Chap 2 — 28:18
3. 03 - Chap 3 — 24:09
4. 04 - Chap 4 — 20:46
5. 05 - Chap 5 — 24:42
6. 06 - Chap 6 — 23:38
7. 07 - Chap 7 — 17:40
8. 08 - Chap 8 — 20:21
9. 09 - Chap 9 — 28:58
10. 10 - Chap 10 — 29:59
11. 11 - Chap 11 — 34:19
12. 12 - Chap 12 — 34:53
13. 13 - Chap 13 — 29:36
14. 14 - Chap 14 — 22:25
15. 15 - Chap 15 — 23:18
16. 16 - Chap 16 — 32:50
17. 17 - Chap 17 — 25:51
18. 18 - Chap 18 — 31:52
19. 19 - Chap 19 — 24:18
20. 20 - Chap 20 — 25:42
21. 21 - Chap 21 — 29:03
22. 22 - Chap 22 — 30:43

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