I'll Be Damned If I'll Die in Oakland: A Sort of Travel Memoir

by Al Martinez

In I'll Be Damned if I'll Die in Oakland , popular Los Angeles Times columnist and world traveler Al Martinez takes us on a funny, crazy, surprising, and sometimes poignant ride around the globe with his wife, the ebullient Cinelli, and then with his children, his grandchildren and, once, his perplexing dog Barney, scattering love, laughter, and memories all along the way.

We journey with them from Africa to China, Greece to Italy, Spain to Austria and beyond, and across the U.S. on a three-month trip from the Pacific to the Atlantic and back again, with Barney barking all the way. It's a trip through time as well as space, as the family grows and the world changes. It's a ride you'll never want to forget.

240 pages, Hardcover

First published December 8, 2003

Reviews

[EJ Ley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has been on my shelf for the longest time I could possibly think of the moment I decided to read books. Elmer surprisingly made me laugh and care for their life. And knowing that the author died last 2015, it added a drama on every lulling moment that I put down this book on my lap and appreciate his life with closed eyes and deep sighs. Thank you, Elmer! You're the only author who made me laugh genuinely💯

[Kim Long · Rating 5 out of 5]

hilarious and heartwarming.