Debril / Maryjane

[Maryjane Dunn]

Hi Jennifer--
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As I have been reading more about Camino de Santiago, I can't help but to
feel I've found out about the Camino too late, in a sense.  It would have
been nice to walk the Camino during the 1980's, or earlier.

MJ: You'll enjoy the Camino, even now. It's never to late, but yes, I'm glad
that I first walked the camino in 1979. The issues of commercialism, open
refugios, types of maps, heavy books, etc. just didn't exist back then.

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Maryjane, Are you the same Maryjane Dunn who wrote "The Pilgrimage to
Santiago de Compostela"?  If so, I have discovered your work is located at
The Museum of Art Library, here in Indianapolis, Indiana.  It is in the
reference section.  I'm looking forward to going to the museum tomorrow and
reading your work, as the museum is closed today.  Also located at the
Museum of Art is "The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela" by Annie
Shaver-Crandell.  Also, "The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela" by
William Melczer.

MJ: Yes, one and the same. All of my pilgrimage books were written with
Linda Davidson (who is the primary owner/sponsor of this list, as well as
the current coordinator for the Friends of the Road to Santiago--US). We
hope you find them helpful. Both Linda and I are medievalists and so our
books do tend to get people to understand the differences and similarities
between the historical pilgrimage and the contemporary pilgrimage. If you're
interested, we're very proud of the edition of The Miracles of Saint James
that was published in 1996 by Italica Press (Thomas Coffey was our third
partner in that work).

Currently, I am reading "El Comino - Walking to Santiago de Compostela" by
Lee Hoinacki.  Very good.  Also, "Off the Road" by Jack Hitt.

MJ: Both of these are very good, for very different reasons. As you will
find, everyone's Camino experiences are different.

 I recently
picked up "The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago" by David Gitlitz and Linda
Davidson, a welth of information.

MJ: Of course I'm prejudiced, but I would say that Linda and David's book is
the one indispensable book all pilgrim's should have--if not before they go,
certainly after they get back, before they make their 2nd pilgrimage!

Maryjane

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