Debril / Maryjane / Books

[Jennifer L. Aiken]

Thanks for your information!

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>PS--Please remember to change the Subject Line when you change the topic. In
>a few months when you go to search the list archives for some vaguely
>remembered message you'll understand why this is so important.

Thanks for the reminder!  Yes, I would get lost trying to find the needed
messages.

Jen


>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
>
>PS--Please remember to change the Subject Line when you change the topic. In
>a few months when you go to search the list archives for some vaguely
>remembered message you'll understand why this is so important.