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SUPERANNO The Great Western Divide can be described as Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance meets John Muir and Joseph Campbell. The book combines fine nature writing with a memoir that delves through levels of myth and dream in a search for the true nature of reality. The author combines the natural history of the Southern Sierra Nevada and the Kaweah watershed with stories of the Yokuts Indians, Zen/Taoist stories and Christian myth in a tale of what it means to walk the dusty human road.

John Spivey is a writer, studio furniture maker, and photographer living in Santa Barbara, CA. He formerly was a mathematics teacher and an outdoor education instructor for middle school students. He taught cycling, backpacking, cross-country skiing and the martial art of Aikido.