Frommer's California
The premier book series for
planning your trip. I never
travel without Frommer's!

See also: Frommer's Portable
California Wine Country
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On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
The quintessential book about
hitting the road with no particular
place to go, except of course west,
to Denver and San Francisco!
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The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinback
The classic Depression tale of the
Oakies heading west to California,
the land of hopes and dreams.

See also: Cannery Row,
Steinbeck's fun story
set in Monterey.
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The Gate: The True Story
of the Design and Construction
of the Golden Gate Bridge
The dramatic story of one of
the world's great landmarks.
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Napa Valley: The Ultimate Winery
Everything you need to know
about the famous wine country just north of San Francisco.

See also: Hearst Castle:
The Biography of a Country
House, the story of William
Randolph Hearst's Xanadu.
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Footsteps in the Fog:
Alfred Hitchcock's San Francisco
Step by step through the city
that Hitch used in many of
his most famous films.
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