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chuckie
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Earle Stanley Gardner Books
Does anyone know where copies of his Baja books can be found and purchased? I tried Amazon.no luck...Arent there some recent reprints? thanks
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ligui
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I was able to buy some on ebay
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DENNIS
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Wait til DavidK has his coffee. He'll fill you in.
There was a large, used book store downtown San Diego that recently closed, but they had everything. I once asked the proprietor if he had a copy of
"God and Mr. Gomez." His reply, "Signed or unsigned?"
There are other used book stores in the area and being close to Mexico, they seem to have large collections of regional material available. Just a
thought.
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bajaguy
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Abe
Got mine from Abe Books:
http://www.abebooks.com/
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David K
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ERLE Stanley Gardner's Baja exploration books
Go to used and rare book sources online... AddAll.com is one.
He had one more Baja book not in my collection: 'Host with a Big Hat'
I also have one of his desert USA books (there are a couple of photos from his Baja explorations in it... this was a gift from a Baja amigo, now Nomad
and his esposa!:
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chuckie
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Thanks, I'll try em all..When God and Mr. Gomez first came out, I went there and visited him...Another great book (if not factual) is Fred Hoctors
Baja Haha....I think I am one of those people!
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David K
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Off The Beaten Track in Baja is the best (IMO) if you can only get one... It combines a couple of his trips and reviews the cave painting
discoveries... It is primarily about the 1966 expedition and forging a road south form Bahia de los Angeles to El Barril when none had existed before,
and exploring the far side of Bahia Concepcion where no road existed. A lot is covered in it.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
Another great book (if not factual) is Fred Hoctors Baja Haha.... |
Whoa Nelly.....Not factual?? That's bordering on blasphemy. 
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chuckie
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Hey! I have met Fred Hoctor, at the bar at the Serenidad....
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
Thanks, I'll try em all..When God and Mr. Gomez first came out, I went there and visited him... |
If you're refering to Romulo Gomez, so did I....in his little store.
Never saw Smith, but lived vicariously through his column and book.
It was a wonderful time....for sure.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
Hey! I have met Fred Hoctor, at the bar at the Serenidad.... |
Was that before or after he passed away? It's hard to keep a good man down...ya know.
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David K
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We were in Baja (Punta Cabras) and had hoped to be there for Fred's services (August, 2001)... we arrived too late, but Paulina was there and told us
about it when we arrived at Punta Banda...
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chuckie
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1st time was years ago, he and I may have had some visits since he passed, hard to remember who I talk to when its "one of those nights"
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MMc
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Next week is the Hall Show in Long Beach. At the Vagbundos booth is a guy with plenty of Baja books including many E S books. If you need a excuse to
go now you have one.
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
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bufeo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
Does anyone know where copies of his Baja books can be found and purchased? I tried Amazon.no luck...Arent there some recent reprints? thanks
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I just searched "Hovering over Baja" on www.abebooks.com and found 41 copies for sale. ABEbooks is a good source for many out-of-print books. Lots of Gardner's Baja books available
there.
Allen R
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chuckie
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I'll try again, I looked once at ABES for Off the Beaten Track and got no hits...I am in Mulege now on a pretty permanent basis, so the Long Beach
thing is out..thanks all..
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bufeo
| Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
Does anyone know where copies of his Baja books can be found and purchased? I tried Amazon.no luck...Arent there some recent reprints? thanks
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I just searched "Hovering over Baja" on www.abebooks.com and found 41 copies for sale. ABEbooks is a good source for many out-of-print books. Lots of Gardner's Baja books available
there.
Allen R |
In Hovering Over Baja...
Erle was fascinated with the palm canyons of Baja and tried to get into them... primarily Salsipuedes Canyon (means 'get out if you can')... To Erle,
it meant get in!!!
This is the area between Gonzaga and Los Angeles bays...
When using ropes to lower their scooters into the canyons, or boats unloading them at their end on the gulf, prooved less than ideal, Erle convinced a
helicopter company to 'test' their newest copter in the wilds of Baja!
The next book, 'Hidden Heart of Baja' has Erle and his party seeking (and discovering new) cave art in the Sierra de San Francisco using helicopters.
So great were their findings that Erle arranged for Mexico's national archeologist to come to Baja and be part of the discovery...
This was all in the early 1960's...
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
I'll try again, I looked once at ABES for Off the Beaten Track and got no hits...I am in Mulege now on a pretty permanent basis, so the Long Beach
thing is out..thanks all.. |
Try the site I mentioned: http://used.addall.com/
There are 46 copies of Off The Beaten Track in Baja for sale just now!
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capt. mike
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my fav funniest baja books:
baja haja Hoctor.
Jimmy's book
One helluva ride by Federico.
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
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Neal Johns
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www.AddAll.com/used is the hot tip for out-of-print books.
Here is a list of vendors that www.AddAll.com/used searches:
My motto:
Never let a Dragon pass by without pulling its tail!
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