Slide Presentation and Book Talk with author Patrick Moser
Doors open at 6pm
Presentation begins about 6:30pm
$10 General admission
$5 California Surf Museum members
Call 760-721-6876 to RSVP and purchase tickets
Seating is limited
The dark side of the sun, sand, and surf lifestyle
You may have seen Patrick at the California Surf Museum when he shared his previous book, Surf & Rescue: George Freeth and the Birth of California Beach Culture in July 2022. His new book picks up where the Freeth book leaves off and tracks California beach culture from 1920 to World War II. Despite a genuine admiration for Native Hawaiian culture, white Californians of the 1930s ignored authentic relationships with Native Hawaiians. Surfing became a central part of what emerged instead: a beach culture of dressing, dancing, and acting like an Indigenous people whites idealized.
Patrick Moser is professor of writing and French at Drury University. He is the author of Surf and Rescue: George Freeth and the Birth of California Beach Culture and the editor of Pacific Passages: An Anthology of Surf Writing.
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Books will be available at the event.
Pages: 316 pages
Dimensions: 6 x 9 in
Illustrations: 68 black & white photographs
Paperback: $27.95
