Jack Newcombe

"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.