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Nick Neely Follows the Footsteps of Portolá

Nov 20, 2019

Burger King, loneliness, binoculars, and camp coffee; it was all part of Nick Neely's quest to better understand California. 

Neely is a California-based author whose book, Alta California, chronicles his 12-week hike from San Diego to the San Francisco Bay. Neely followed the (nearly) exact footsteps of Gaspar de Portola...

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Mr. Peace on Modern Resistance

Nov 6, 2019

"I got to be a hero."

David Harris is former contributing editor to the New York Times and to Rolling Stone, and he is the author of nearly a dozen books—but Harris is most famous for leading the draft resistance during the Vietnam War. He was imprisoned for 20 months for refusing to report for military service, and...

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