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Book Review of Walking to Canterbury : A Modern Journey Through Chaucer's Medieval England

Walking to Canterbury : A Modern Journey Through Chaucer's Medieval England
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The author is a part-Cherokee American who was following the route of Chaucer's Canterbury pilgrims as a way of honoring his English ancestry. This book is a sort of sequel to one he had written after walking the Cherokee Trail of Tears to honor his Native American ancestry. His account of his experiences along the way are interspersed with accounts of what life was like for the earlier pilgrims. I found those mildly interesting. However, I was somewhat put off by his constant harping on how extraordinarily sensitive and spiritual he is.