Research Catalog

Title

Off the road : a modern-day walk down the Pilgrim's Route into Spain / Jack Hitt.

Author

Hitt, Jack

Publication

New York : Simon & Schuster Paperback, 2005.

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Details

Description

255 p. : ill., 1 map; 22 cm.

Summary

"Off the Road is an unforgettable exploration of the sites that people believe God once touched: the strange fortress said to contain the real secret Adam learned when he bit into the apple; the sites associated with the murderous monks known as the Knights Templar; and the places housing relics ranging from a vial of the Virgin Mary's milk to a sheet of Saint Bartholomew's skin. Along the way, Jack Hitt finds himself persevering by day and bunking down by night with an unlikely and colorful cast of fellow pilgrims -- a Flemish film crew, a drunken gypsy, a draconian Belgian air force officer, a man who speaks no languages, a one-legged pilgrim, and a Welsh family with a mule. In the day-to-day grind of walking under a hot Spanish sun, Jack Hitt and his cohorts not only find occasional good meals and dry shelter but they also stumble upon some fresh ideas about old-time zealotry and modern belief. Off the Road is an engaging and witty travel memoir of an offbeat journey through history that turns into a provocative rethinking of the past." -- from publisher's website.

Subjects

• Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
• Spain, Northern > Description and travel
• Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages > Spain > Santiago de Compostela
• Hitt, Jack > Travel > Spain, Northern

Note

• Originally published: c1994.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Saint-Jean Pied de Port -- The Pyrenees -- Estella -- Torres del Río -- Frómista -- León -- Ponferrada -- Villa franca -- O Cebreiro -- Arzúa -- Santiago.

ISBN

0743261119

LCCN

2004062625^^

OCLC

• 57008274
• SCSB-12021481

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library