Describes West Coast wineries, suggests touring routes, and provides information on wine events, grape varieties, and serving suggestions

Webster's Wine Tours California, Oregon and Washington

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Thompson, Bob.

Beverages & Wine

Prentice Hall Direct

Offers advice on planning a trip to California and surveys the hotels, restaurants, parks, beaches, wineries, nightlife, and sights in the state

The American Express Pocket Guide to California (American Express Travel Guides)

Travel

Simon&Schuster

Combining the stories of the real hero and his Disney-enhanced afterlife, Born on a Mountaintop delves deep into our love for an American icon. Pioneer. Congressman. Martyr of the Alamo. King of the Wild Frontier. As with all great legends, Davy Crockett's has been retold many times. Over the years, he has been repeatedly reinvented by historians and popular storytellers. In fact, one could argue that there are three distinct Crocketts: the real David as he was before he became famous; the celebrity politician whose backwoods image Crockett himself created, then lost control of; and the mythic Davy we know today. In the road-trip tradition of Sarah Vowell and Tony Horwitz, Bob Thompson follows Crockett's footsteps from the Tennessee river valley where he was born, to Washington, where he served three terms in Congress, and on to Texas and the gates of the Alamo, seeking out those who know, love and are still willing to fight over Davy's life and legacy. Born on a Mountaintop will be more than just a bold new biography of one of the great American heroes. Thompson's rich mix of scholarship, reportage, humor, and exploration of modern Crockett landscapes will bring Davy Crockett's impact on the American imagination vividly to life.

Born on a Mountaintop: On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Crown

Pioneer. Congressman. Martyr of the Alamo. King of the Wild Frontier. As with all great legends, Davy Crockett's has been retold many times. Over the years, he has been repeatedly reinvented by historians and popular storytellers. In Born on a Mountaintop, Bob Thompson combines the stories of the real hero and his Disney-enhanced afterlife as he delves deep into our love for an American icon. In the road-trip tradition of Sarah Vowell and Tony Horwitz, Thompson follows Crockett's footsteps from his birthplace in east Tennessee to Washington, where he served three terms in Congress, and on to Texas and the gates of the Alamo, seeking out those who know, love, and are still willing to fight over Davy's life and legacy. Born on a Mountaintop is more than just a bold new biography of one of the great American heroes. Thompson's rich mix of scholarship, reportage, humor, and exploration of modern Crockett landscapes bring Davy Crockett's impact on the American imagination vividly to life.

This user-friendly and highly discerning Field Guide focuses on the Golden States most popular and newsworthy wine regionsfrom Napa Valley to the Central Coast to fast-growing Baja. This full-flavored guide will please the palates and temperaments of beginning and experienced wine enthusiasts alike, with all the breadth and expertise readers expect from Sunset. Based on rigorous in-the-field research by two of Sunset magazines most respected staffers, the recommendations are intentionally selective, rather than comprehensive, directing readers only to Californias best wineries and wine-country travel experiences. California Wine Country has all the bells and whistles of a classic travel guide: compact size, gorgeous maps, concise itineraries, and colorful illustrations. Plus easy-to-follow listings for everything from cant-miss wineries to must-see, off-the-path discoveries. And, of course, all the essentials for planning an exceptional trip: information on lodging, restaurants, routes, destinations, and activities.

California Wine Country

Lane Books

The Pocket Encyclopedia of California Wines (Fireside Books (Holiday House))

Simon & Schuster Books

Comprehensive guide to California wines with guidelines to reading and deciphering information on labels, vintage notes, and a section on wine suggestions to accompany Fine reference/resource

The Simon & Schuster Pocket Guide to California Wines

Fireside

A survey of West Coast vineyards, wines, and wineries includes maps of wine producing areas, winery and vineyard descriptions, and hotel and restaurant recommendations

Wine Atlas of California and the Pacific Northwest: A Traveler's Guide to the Vineyards

Mammoth Cave National Park and the surrounding area comprise the world's most extensive cave system. The region is characterized by what geologists call "karst" topography, a landscape dotted with sinkholes and caves. One of America's first tourist attractions, the cave was opened to the public in 1816, and was preceded in popularity only by Niagara Falls. The 200 vintage images found in Images of America: Mammoth Cave and the Kentucky Cave Region represent a look back at over 100 years of photography and tourism at Mammoth Cave and other caves that make up the Kentucky Cave Region. Rare images of early transportation, hotels, cave guides, cave tours, as well as important cave discoveries, and cave explorers such as Floyd Collins are shown throughout the book.

Mammoth Cave and the Kentucky Cave Region (KY) (Images of America)

History

Thompson, Judi

Americas

Arcadia Publishing

Growing up next door to his Granny's country store in McCracken County, Kentucky, a very young Bob Thompson had unlimited access to the cold-drink box and shelves of candy. Only later did he realize that the greatest benefit of this arrangement was that his playmates and best friends were all adults who frequented the grocery. As he passed his childhood years on the store's front porch, Thompson internalized the tales and folk traditions conveyed by his grandmother and her customers. These moments allowed him to discover his own passion for storytelling.In Hitchhiker: Stories from the Kentucky Homefront, Thompson offers readers homegrown tales that interweave ghosts of the past with real and imagined worlds. The stories progress from his Tom Sawyer–esque childhood in Western Kentucky through his various incarnations as everything from an incense-burning flower-child hitchhiker to an unrepentant adventurer following the footsteps of Hemingway and the Lost Generation across Europe. This collection brings together coming-of-age tales, family stories of bygone eras, and even true accounts of unsolved murders and mysteries.Hitchhiker is Huckleberry Finn meets The Twilight Zone, with just a taste of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. It is a book that will make you wish you'd paid closer attention to your grandparents' and parents' stories and photo albums, that you'd been less cautious and traveled more, that you'd followed your heart and made time to search for your guides and kindred spirits.

Hitchhiker: Stories from the Kentucky Homefront

Literature & Fiction

United States

University Press of Kentucky

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Webster's Wine Tours California, Oregon and Washington

The American Express Pocket Guide to California (American Express Travel Guides)

Born on a Mountaintop: On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier

Born on a Mountaintop: On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier

California Wine Country

The Pocket Encyclopedia of California Wines (Fireside Books (Holiday House))

The Simon & Schuster Pocket Guide to California Wines

Wine Atlas of California and the Pacific Northwest: A Traveler's Guide to the Vineyards

Mammoth Cave and the Kentucky Cave Region (KY) (Images of America)

Hitchhiker: Stories from the Kentucky Homefront