Northern California: A History and Guide - From Napa to Eureka

The landscape of monotony is elsewhere, Jack Newcombe writes, and the routes he traces through the vineyards, towns, and parkland of northern California-along with the variegated pleasures to be explored en route-bear the proof:

* Mud baths and wine tasting in Calistoga
* A view from the top at Mt. St. Helena
* Wine touring, the slow and selective way, in the Napa and Sonoma valleys
* A Beer Experience in Petaluma, and a dining treat at the New Boonvile Hotel
* Whale watching on the Sonoma and Mendocino coasts
* Walking the redwood forest trails
* Finishing fleets and Victorian mansions in Eureka

These attractions and more-and the colorful past that gave rise to them-are presented in Northern California: A History & Guide, an exciting, indispensable travel companion for a most spectacular region.