{"product_id":"road-of-stars-to-santiago-edward-f-stanton-9780813118710","title":"Road of Stars to Santiago","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Colin Fletcher's \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Walked Through Time\u003c\/i\u003e and William Least Heat-Moon's \u003ci\u003eBlue Highways\u003c\/i\u003e, Edward F. Stanton has written a quietly beautiful and engrossing account of his own pilgrimage. \u003ci\u003eRoad of Stars to Santiago\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal story of his journey along what has been called \"the premier cultural route of Europe.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"I undertook a five-hundred-mile walk along the ancient Camino de Santiago, from the French Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostella in northwest Spain, the supposed burial site of the apostle St. James the Elder, and beyond to Finisterre, Land's End on the Atlantic coast.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"On my journey I followed the old road whenever possible, passing through mountains, medieval forests and remote villages, as well as modern towns and cities. I slept in fields, abandoned schools or wherever I could, on a thirty-day trip that brought me into contact with a whole cross-section of Spanish society, and with pilgrims from France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Most of the book has to do with my own trials and joys on the Road: the physical struggle to walk about twenty miles a day in the heat or rain, to find a place to eat and sleep; with the psychological changes that take place when one leaves home, family and routine; with the contradictions inherent to a pilgrimage in the late twentieth centuiy; with experiences that ranged from the spiritual to the picaresque; with the people I met on the way -- from shepherds and peasan ts to astrologers and philosophers. There are plenty of humorous situations and unexpected turns.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -- Edward F. Stanton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward F. Stanton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813118719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813118710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.36h x 6.41w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/1994 pg. 86","brand":"Edward F. Stanton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054869737727,"sku":"9780813118710","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2d9d745-828c-4245-acbd-9b84fb5c9b84.jpg?v=1685032459","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/road-of-stars-to-santiago-edward-f-stanton-9780813118710","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}