California coast escape

Road trip getaway to Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez Valley, Monterey, and Big Sur

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California's Central Coast has inspired some great works of literature. Here are eight perfect road companions.

Beyond the Outer Shores: The Untold Odyssey of Ed Ricketts, by Eric Enno Tamm

Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch, by Henry Miller

Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck

The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst, by David Nasaw

East of Eden, by John Steinbeck

The Old Coyote of Big Sur: The Life of Jaime de Angulo, by Gui de Angulo

Sideways: A Novel, by Rex Pickett

The Wild God of the World: An anthology of Robinson Jeffers, by Robinson Jeffers and Albert Gelpi

Matthew Jaffe

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