Sam Hardman
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2006, 2007 Camino Francés
2017 SJPdP - Belorado
2018 SJPdP - Fisterra/Muxía
2019 Camino Primitivo
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That is a crazy price! I checked my local library's catalogue and they don't have it unfortunatelyMy Amazon search shows it available for 502.00 USD
It is available from the library here in Pittsburgh, PA, USA!!! Might be in a special collection as the electronic card has instructions to "ask for assistance".
I realize you've already got the book but others who have a similar experience in a library might want to try asking if they can get the book through inter-library loan. Many libraries have reciprocal agreements with networks of other libraries that enable them to bring in books that are not in their own collection. You just have to ask and fill in a form.That is a crazy price! I checked my local library's catalogue and they don't have it unfortunately
Speaking of which country???I realize you've already got the book but others who have a similar experience in a library might want to try asking if they can get the book through inter-library loan. Many libraries have reciprocal agreements with networks of other libraries that enable them to bring in books that are not in their own collection. You just have to ask and fill in a form.
Speaking of which country???
I guess USA.
In my case, Canada. But the reciprocal agreements are not limited to Canada so I expect inter-library loan may be available in other countries.Speaking of which country???
I guess USA.
I realize you've already got the book but others who have a similar experience in a library might want to try asking if they can get the book through inter-library loan. Many libraries have reciprocal agreements with networks of other libraries that enable them to bring in books that are not in their own collection. You just have to ask and fill in a form.
If you go to worldcat.org and indicate your location it will tell you the nearest libraries with the book. Also, try addall.com, which has some used book stores not available through Amazon. It’s a wonderful book!
I have Gitlitz and Davidson's book already actually and agree it's great! I learnt a lot from that before I set off on my Camino last AugustGood luck with your search, in the mean time
"The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago: The Complete Cultural ...
Book by David Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson" is a very good book on what your looking for.
This is a great idea! Too bad I'm in the UK, but it seems there are lots of other people that want to read this too who might be interested.I just ordered a used, but in good condition, copy of the first American Edition (1957) from a used bookseller. My wife is not going to be please...but she has her passions and I have mine...
The Road to Santiago: Pilgrims of St. James / Starkie, Walter
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1957, Hardcover...
Once I get it and read it, I am open to loaning out for postage. I mail it to you. You mail it back. Send me a P/C with direct email, contact info, etc.
As I am in Florida, I think I need to keep the loan offer to the Continental US. I really don't want to chance losing the book in a pissing contest with customs officials in Canada, or the EU. Been there, done that...
Once I have the book, I will consider loan requests on a FIFO basis, chronologically. Presently that I am thinking that a one-month overall loan period would be good. I loan it to you via the post. You return it not later than 30 days later. I figure that provides a good 2 -3 weeks to read the book. At 339 pages, I can get through it in a day or two. the sooner you return it, the sooner the next person gets it... Whaddya'll think?
Also, I am thinking that once I exhaust my American loan requests, I might consider leaving the book with a friend living at Santiago to do the "loan by post thing" on the EU side of the pond. Let's first see if the book gets here, then gets returned from the initial loanees...
Hope this helps.
I would love to read this book to learn what the Camino was like before it's modern revival
I’m glad you’ve now found a copy at an affordable price, but if you are looking for an informative account of the Camino before the advent of mass tourism, I fear you may be disappointed. This is not a criticism of the author’s wandering scholarship - Starkie was inter alia a professor of Romance languages at my own university - but an observation that his travel writing reflects his eccentric personality and eclectic interests. He wears his learning very lightly, so it’s a lively and highly engaging account, but it’s idiosyncratic and reads at times like gullible travels. Enjoy it at your leisure!
Well that‘s another book on my wish list!I got my copy from Amazon.uk in 2017 for £19.97. No longer available though.
What is available is another classic by Edwin Mullins - The Pilgrimage to Santiago.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1902669312/?tag=casaivar-21
I got my copy from Amazon.uk in 2017 for £19.97. No longer available though.
What is available is another classic by Edwin Mullins - The Pilgrimage to Santiago.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1902669312/?tag=casaivar-21
Thank you so much!!For all of you looking for out of print books, try bookfinder.com. It searches different outlets for the wanted volume. This Starkie search had both US and UK sources.
I would love to read this book to learn what the Camino was like before it's modern revival but I can't find it anywhere. Amazon has second hand copies but 46 pounds is a bit beyond my budget. There was a reprint in 2003 but I can't find any copies for sale.
Given it's now over 60 years old I also thought maybe it would be out of copyright and there would be a free or cheap downloadable version available but I can't find anything.
Does anyone know where I might find this book?
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