One of the most successful travel guide experts turns his attention to our own country, and starts with California. A handbook that should prove invaluable to anyone who is traveling there, for he takes section after section, goes into its history, its records of the past, its natural beauties, and -- now and again -- its current interest in such mundane things as places to eat, and things to do. From all of these angles, a good job. But it lacks the inspirational quality that made Drury's book, California: An Intimate Guide, a book for everyone who had ever been or hoped to go to California....