Lighting Out: A Vision of California and the Mountains

by Daniel Duane

Book Overview

CLICK HERE to download sample chapters from Lighting Out "The contrast between the slacker-climbing crowd and the New Age poseurs is enhanced by a wonderfully deadpan writing style that is rarely too... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555972101
• ISBN13: 9781555972103
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Duane at his best

Daniel Duane has received a lot of attention for his other books, especially Caught Inside. This book, his first, may also be his best. Especially is you're a climber and can connect with the search for for a fulfulling and sustainable role in life you will find this book engaging. Too bad that it is out of print now.

A Last Good Place

What's our hesitancy to give in to idealism? Duane's scribblings are exactly what a culture defined by people defining it needs. Soft and gentle California Dreaming with a backdrop of adventure and open, honest living...who doesn't need a dose of Duane's California? I adore Duane and all of his meanderings and observations on his surroundings. Any man that can write about love and the Grateful Dead, El Cap and surf towns, and not sell his soul to the new vision of extreme California is something of a gift. Duane is a deep breath of high Sierra air after a life of choking on the smog...read what you can while you can because the California that Duane writes about won't be here forever.

Holy Grail of Books

This is by far the best book I have ever read. I keep coming back to it, and reading it again. If you love the mountains, yosemite, climbing, california, or just an entertaining read, this book will supply you with plenty of adventure. It will have you dreaming of warm days in the El Cap valley for months!!!