The Wayward Pilgrim
A Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain is stitched together with adventures, side-trips, and visits to sites unknown to the Medieval Pilgrim.
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The Wayward Pilgrim is an account of the desultory pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain made by a professor of Spanish on Sabbatical leave from the Salisbury University in Maryland. The professor undertakes the pilgrimage not as a religious experience but as an attempt to better understand the history and culture of Spain. In the book, he combines an account of the Medieval pilgrimage with the diversions often taken by the modem pilgrim. In the end, the professor comes to realize the hardships, the endurance and the hardy and devote spirit of the true pilgrim. In addition to the account of the pilgrimage, the book also contains vignettes of great moments and great historical figures that changed the world forever.
About the Author
William Elihu Palmer grew up near Salisbury, Maryland where he taught Spanish at Salisbury University. His wife, Angeles, is from Spain. They have four children. His interest in Columbus developed while teaching at the University of Salamanca, Spain, in 1965. Since then he has traveled to many of the places important in the life of Columbus. In 1989 he attended the National Endowment of the Humanities Institute at UCLA on "The Intellectual World of Christopher Columbus". During the celebration of the Quincentenary of the discovery of the New World in 1992 he performed a one-man show called "Columbus Rediscovered." This book "The Lost Journal of Christopher Columbus" probes the intimate thoughts and deep motives of the Admiral of the Ocean Sea.