[Gocamino] Linda's book

Robert Spenger rspenger at earthlink.net
Sun Dec 9 22:04:26 PST 2007


My copy of "Linda's book" has her husband, David Gitlitz, listed as a  
co-author. In fact, his name is listed first. It seems to me that he  
deserves a certain amount of the credit.

Bob S.


On Dec 9, 2007, at 3:49 PM, Blaroli at aol.com wrote:
>
> Hello you all,
>
> Liz had planned her Camino pilgrimage for some time, but faced with  
> its realities  she had to divest herself of much of what she had  
> taken, including Linda Davidson’s book which I kept and took with me.
>
> That was in 1999, a Xacobean Holy Year.  In the seven years. and  
> three more Caminos since then, I have read lots and lots of books  
> on the Camino, in several languages, and have not found a single  
> one that can begin to approach Linda’s. Her book is a treasure  
> trove of historical and cultural information, including spiritual  
> and religious insights provided by Linda’s colleague and  
> collaborator, Maryjane Dunn, with whom Linda had written several  
> scholarly works on the Camino.  Linda’s book is a jewel of  
> precision, completeness, relevance, information, specificity when  
> needed, and organized retelling of popular lore; I have taken the  
> book  with me every single time I have gone back.
>
> Rosina,__


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