BIG DREAMS: Into the Heart of California - Hardcover
A vividly rendered portrait of the diverse landscapes and people of California, past and present, from the far north to the Mexican border, captures the true nature of the state behind the stereotypes. By the author of Traveling Light. 17,500 first printing.
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opportunity, a golden Eden, the last frontier. What is this place that has given rise to countless metaphors but can still quicken the imagination? For Bill Barich, the question became a quest when he realized that home was no longer New York, where he had grown up, but California, to which he had been lured twenty years earlier. Now, in this account of his journey through California, he captures the true nature of the state behind the stereotypes.
From the fogbound fishing towns of the North to the Mexican port of entry at San Ysidro, Barich describes an amazing diversity among people who have staked a claim to California's promise. He introduces us to a Native American hairdresser and the head priest of a Sikh temple; we meet loggers, bikers, an aging lifeguard, and the prison warden whose job it is to keep Charles Manson behind bars. He follows the traces of John Muir, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walt Disney, and Ronald Reagan, and weighs the impact their dreams have had on the rest of us.
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From the fogbound fishing towns of the North to the Mexican port of entry at San Ysidro, Barich describes an amazing diversity among people who have staked a claim to California's promise. He introduces us to a Native American hairdresser and the head priest of a Sikh temple; we meet loggers, bikers, an aging lifeguard, and the prison warden whose job it is to keep Charles Manson behind bars. He follows the traces of John Muir, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walt Disney, and Ronald Reagan, and weighs the impact their dreams have had on the rest of us.
"With intelligence, curiosity and solid research, Barich's journey suggests that in uncovering the secret of California, he might uncover the secret of life." -- Seattle Times
"Intelligent and informative...Barich has a good eye and a delightful way with language [and] a style notable for its clarity, grace and energy." -- The New York Times Book Review
"Marvelously, Barich has written a true account of the lives of Californians. There's material here for a hundred country-and-western songs... A big, absorbing book." -- San Francisco Chronicle
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- PublisherPantheon
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0679421513
- ISBN 13 9780679421511
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages546
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