California Serendipity - The Thousand Mile Summer Revisited

California Serendipity - The Thousand Mile Summer Revisited
- 6 x 9 inches (w x h), hardbound, saddle-stitched
- 420 pages
- 150 color photos on 50 pages
- 10 maps (for each chapter) plus small scale overview of the route through California
In the grand tradition of the travel memoir, Andreas M. Cohrs presents an awesome guide to the less visited regions of California, as well as a glance into what makes up the Golden state and its glittering mentality. Through a chain of serendipitous events, Cohrs gained access to the belongings of the late backpacking icon, Colin Fletcher. Based on the outdoor guru's original maps, notes, and photos, fifty years later he retraced The Walker's hitherto untraceable thousand-mile journey along the lengthy spine of California, across the state's enchanting deserts and over the snow-laden high Sierra. With maps accompanying each chapter, drawn by Fletcher's cartographer David Lindroth, more than 100 photos, and with stories from the trail, Cohrs tells a compelling tale of one of the most varied and fascinating regions on our planet. Yet, as the title reveals, California Serendipity is more than a hiking guide that lays Fletcher's original Thousand-Mile Summer-route at your feet for the first time. It takes the reader on a crash course through the state's early history and its unique nature into finding the only true answer to Fletcher's concern whether his 1958-trip could ever be repeated. With his narrative travel writing, Cohrs conveys the intimate sensations of what it means to venture upon a four-month trek, unpretentious but up close and affective, and why serendipity will travel with you, rewarding you with the most unexpected encounters, when you take the right turn.

Country	USA
Author	Andreas M. Cohrs
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9780985380304
ISBN	0985380306
Label	Lindemann Travelbooks, Colita publishing
Manufacturer	Lindemann Travelbooks, Colita publishing
NumberOfPages	420
PublicationDate	2012
Publisher	Lindemann Travelbooks, Colita publishing
Studio	Lindemann Travelbooks, Colita publishing
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

California Serendipity - The Thousand Mile Summer Revisited

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