Northern California Off the Beaten Path, 5th: A Guide to Unique Places

by Mark R. Williams

From the Shasta-Cascade region south to Big Sur and Fresno, this guide steers readers to little-known, seldom-visited places in urban San Francisco as well as in the sticks. Explore the back streets in Chinatown, sip espresso with an aging poet in North Beach, visit an island that was off-limits until recently, and enjoy a meal at the last lumberjack-style cookhouse in the West.

Genres: Travel

240 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1989

About the author

Mark R. Williams is a freelance writer living near San Francisco. He has also worked as a contributing writer for the International Herald Tribune (Paris) and senior staff writer for Lookout Magazine (Spain). Williams has a Masters degree in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Reviews

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

shhhh don't tell anyone how awesome northern california is.

[John Gentry · Rating 2 out of 5]

I used to love guide books as a kids. now they give me anxiety because of the shear amount of things to do on this planet and the little time we have to do it.