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Bradt Guide Eccentric California
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Jan Friedman’s Eccentric America proved that the most unlikely events and landmarks could become tourist attractions. This new title is dedicated to the sheer lunacy of California and her citizens, covering the biggest, the best, the wackiest and weirdest of the state’s people and places. From art-car and golf-cart parades to the Valentine’s Day Sex Tour at the San Francisco Zoo; from a festival that moons Amtrak to a town with its own language; from obsessed collectors of Pez, yo-yos, and bananas to kitschy theme motels and a man who built a three-storey mountain out of hay, adobe, and old paint. Eccentric California takes an in-depth look at one very peculiar place.
About the Author
Jan Friedman has spent most of her life in the San Francisco Bay area. A travel writer, photographer and former tour guide, she explored 56 countries before discovering that her very own could offer as much adventure as the most exotic foreign locale. Her Eccentric America was voted Best Travel Guide by the North American Travel Journalists’ Association in 2001 and in 2002 won the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Gold Award for Guidebooks.
£13.99
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