ALTA CALIFORNIA: From San Diego to San Francisco, A Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State.
by Neely, Nick
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in illustrated wrappers (upper corner of back cover bumped).
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley, CA:: Counterpoint, , (2019). SIGNED first edition -. Near fine in illustrated wrappers (upper corner of back cover bumped).. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A chronicle of the author's "650-mile trek on foot from San Diego to San Francisco, following the route of the first overland Spanish expedition into what was soon called Alta California. Led by Gaspar de Portol in 1769, the expedition sketched a route that would become, in part, the famous El Camino Real.. . For twelve weeks, with just a backpack and a tent, he trekked through stretches of California both lonely and urban, following the journal of expedition missionary Father Juan Crespi." SIGNED on the title page. 404 pp.
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- Title
- ALTA CALIFORNIA: From San Diego to San Francisco, A Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State.
- Author
- Neely, Nick
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in illustrated wrappers (upper corner of back cover bumped).
- Publisher
- Counterpoint,
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA:
- Date Published
- (2019)
- Keywords
- travel and exploration, camino real, san luis obispo county, monterey, santa cruz, missions, walking, arc, uncorrected proof,
- Bookseller catalogs
- California;
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