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The Dunites were a group of mystics, nudists, artists, writers, and hermits who inhabited the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes from the 1930s to the 1960s. They believed that the Dunes were a center of creative energy. Gavin Arthur, grandson of the 21st President of the United States, Chester A. Arthur, published a magazine about the dunes and the Dunites called "The Dune Forum." The story of the Dunites was fictionalized by Luther Whiteman in his novel, The Face of the Clam (1947).

List of notable Dunites

• Gavin Arthur
• Elwood Decker (1903-1992)
• Hugo Seelig
• Dunham Thorp
• John Varian (1863-1931)
• Ella Young (1867–1956)

See also

• Callender Dunes
• Ella Young
• Great Depression
• Pauline Schindler
• The Temple of the People

References

• Garrod, Jane Whiteman (Oct., 2008). "Recollections of Times Spent at Oceano and Halcyon Around 1923" (PDF). Heritage Press. Vol. 12, no. 15. South County Historical Society. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 2009-05-11. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Hammond, Norm (1992). The Dunites. Arroyo Grande, CA: South County Historical Society. ISBN 096734641X.
• Krieger, Dan (2009-03-15). "Dunes have attracted all types". Local news. The Tribune. Retrieved 2009-05-11. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
• Rock, Craig (Oct., 2008). "The History of Oceano Dunes" (PDF). Heritage Press. Vol. 12, no. 15. South County Historical Society. p. 8. Retrieved 2009-05-11. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); More than one of |work= and |journal= specified (help)

Further reading

• N.K.B. (1947-01-19). "California Beachcombers". The New York Times. p. BR12. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
• Davidson, Will (1947-02-02). "A Strange Story of Pismo Beach Clams and Cults". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. C4. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
• Krieger, Dan (2010-09-11). "Discover the Dunites". The San Luis Obispo Tribune . {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
• Murphy, Rose (2008). Ella Young, Irish Mystic and Rebel: From Literary Dublin to the American West. Liffey Press. ISBN 1905785313.
• Whiteman, Luther (2010) [1947]. The Face of the Clam. South County Historical Society. ISBN 0939919052.
• Young, Ella (1945). Flowering Dusk: Things Remembered Accurately and Inaccurately. Longmans, Green and co.