{"product_id":"big-sur-and-the-canyon-camping-and-backpacking-in-the-ventana-wilderness-9780595371563","title":"Big Sur and the Canyon: Camping and Backpacking In The Ventana Wilderness","description":"\u003ci\u003eBig Sur and the Canyon\u003c\/i\u003e, set on California's Central Coast, is a thrilling, at times humorous tale of perhaps the most magnificent terrain in America's national forests. High adventure mix with poetic and vivid descriptions of life in the backcountry-the interior of the Ventana Wilderness. Forest fires, camping, backpacking, near death experiences, along with the spiritual intensity of what Livingstone calls his 'cathedral of the forest\" dot these pages in the midst of the great freedom hikers and horsemen know in the wild and beautiful interior: redwood canyons, streams and waterfalls, to the high open dry country along the Coast Ridge a mile above the vast blue Pacific. Steinbeck referred to these mountains as 'Eden\", and as the 'dark and mysterious Santa Lucias\", in his great novel, \u003ci\u003eEast of Eden\u003c\/i\u003e. In this book with its many descriptions, the Ventana is the Garden of Eden. An arduous and sometimes dangerous teacher, but truly free. What they say about Best Selling Author Harrison Edward Livingstone's novels and non-fiction:  'A triumph \"-\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e about \u003ci\u003eDavid Johnson Passed Through Here\u003c\/i\u003e, under the pen name of John Fairfield. About \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Rose\u003c\/i\u003e: 'A foursquare sea novel in the tradition of Herman Melville\"-Prof. William Alfred, Harvard University. 'Very good writing\"-\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 'Monumental Investigation \"-\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harrison Livingstone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595371563\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40381095706739,"sku":"9.7806E+12","price":19.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1b0dc949-c928-438e-af9b-7280d8ae9643.jpg?v=1661349383","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/big-sur-and-the-canyon-camping-and-backpacking-in-the-ventana-wilderness-9780595371563","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}