Tracks from the Junction: Historical Anecdotes of San Anselmo

Larine Brown's odyssey of her life & times in the Ross Valley area of Marin County is to be published on May 18, 1992, by her Marin Light Press of San Anselmo. Generations of old families are traced through the years of 1921 to the present. Whimsical tales of city council meetings, stand out characters & comical happenings are revealed in her inimitable way. Her mother, Agnes A. O'Brien, has become a news editor following the death of her father, Edward O'Brien, a maritime hero. She is the granddaughter of the late Capt. John A. O'Brien, the so called Nestor of the North who sailed the S.S. Victoria to the Yukon in Alaska for many years. During the voyages a passenger at the captain's table was Jack London who listened to many a yarn spun by the Captain. His story "SEA WOLF" came directly from a true story the captain had told him. Marin is across the San Francisco Bay & is separated from San Francisco by the Golden Gate Bridge. San Anselmo was known as the "JUNCTION" before the turn of the century & trains gathered there to be dispersed to other areas. To order: Marin Light Press, 81 Elm Ave., San Anselmo, CA 94960. Telephone: 415-456-6043.Brown, Larine A. is the author of 'Tracks from the Junction: Historical Anecdotes of San Anselmo', published 1992 under ISBN 9780963239006 and ISBN 0963239007.