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Downie, David.
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Downie, David -- Travel -- France, Southern.
Harris, Alison -- Travel -- France, Southern.
Downie, David -- Travel -- France.
Harris, Alison -- Travel -- France.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Camino de Santiago de Compostela.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Spain -- Santiago de Compostela.
France -- Description and travel.
Camino de Santiago de Compostela -- Description and travel.
Santiago de Compostela (Spain) -- Description and travel.
Spain, Northern -- Description and travel.
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Paris to the Pyrenee...
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914.611 D751p
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Downie, David.
Downie, David -- Travel -- France, Southern.
Harris, Alison -- Travel -- France, Southern.
Downie, David -- Travel -- France.
Harris, Alison -- Travel -- France.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Camino de Santiago de Compostela.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Spain -- Santiago de Compostela.
France -- Description and travel.
Camino de Santiago de Compostela -- Description and travel.
Santiago de Compostela (Spain) -- Description and travel.
Spain, Northern -- Description and travel.
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Paris
to the
Pyrenees
: a
skeptic
pilgrim
walks
the
Way
of
Saint
James
/ David Downie ; photographs by Alison Harris.
by
Downie, David.
Pegasus Books, 2013.
Call #:
914.611 D751p
Subjects
Downie, David -- Travel -- France, Southern.
Harris, Alison -- Travel -- France, Southern.
Downie, David -- Travel -- France.
Harris, Alison -- Travel -- France.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Camino de Santiago de Compostela.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Spain -- Santiago de Compostela.
France -- Description and travel.
Camino de Santiago de Compostela -- Description and travel.
Santiago de Compostela (Spain) -- Description and travel.
Spain, Northern -- Description and travel.
ISBN:
9781605984322 (hc.)
1605984329 (hc.)
Description:
xviii, 317 p., [32] p. of plates : col. ill., map ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"Part adventure story, part cultural history, the author explores the phenomenon of pilgrimage along the age-old
Way
of
Saint
James
in France Driven by curiosity, wanderlust, and health crises David Downie and his wife set out from
Paris
to walk across France to the
Pyrenees
. Starting on the Rue Saint-Jacques then trekking 750 miles south to Roncesvalles, Spain, their eccentric route takes 72 days on Roman roads and pilgrimage paths--a 1,100-year-old network of trails leading to the sanctuary of
Saint
James
the Greater. It is best known as El Camino de Santiago de Compostela--"The
Way
" for short. The object of any pilgrimage is an inward journey manifested in a long, reflective walk. For Downie, the inward journey met the outer one: a combination of self-discovery and physical regeneration. More than 200,000 pilgrims take the highly commercialized Spanish route annually, but few cross France. Downie had a goal: to go from
Paris
to the
Pyrenees
on age-old trails, making the pilgrimage in his own maverick
way
"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Travel memoirs.
Other authors:
Harris, Alison.
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