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The Plaskett Family

More than a century on the Big Sur coast

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Nick Yost

 —  1954, Gorda

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San Simeon Rancho Story Is Told by Mabel Plaskett

Cabrillo's 'Bay of Sardines,' a whaling captain's store, the Hearst boys at play — four centuries of San Simeon in one telling. Sebastian's Store was 102 years old when she wrote it.

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