Author Hillinger to Appear at Signing
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Award-winning author and journalist Charles Hillinger, who for 45 years wandered the world documenting thousands of real-life human-interest tales for the Los Angeles Times, will be signing his latest book today at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Ventura.
The writer will sign copies of “Hillinger’s California: Stories from All 58 Counties,” beginning at 5:30 p.m.
“California is my home . . . has been since 1937,” comedian Bob Hope writes in the book’s foreword. “I thought I knew it from every angle. Then after reading the galleys of Hillinger’s California, I realized how little I did know about California and how much there was to enjoy.”
The book begins with “Jack London and the First and Last Chance Saloon” in Alameda County and ends with “Bok Eye, God of the Dark North and the People of Timbuctoo” in Yuba County.
In between comes the Ventura County chapter, with the story of “Ranger Ray” and state park hosts, as well as a story about a former cemetery now masquerading as a park--its 3,322 buried remains still in place, its headstones removed.
The book follows last year’s release of “Charles Hillinger’s America: People and Places in All 50 States.”
Barnes & Noble is at 4360 E. Main St.
