Big Sur Inn: The Deetjen's Legacy travels back in time to reveal the history, legends, and storied past of a California coastline institution. California's Big Sur has it all: majestic redwoods, waterfalls, and a rich literary and cultural tradition. As Sunset magazine notes: If ever a place represented the freedom and beauty of California, this is it. Nestled on this magical stretch of Highway 1 is Deetjen's Big Sur Inn. Its distinctive vernacular architecture, that visitors and locals alike recognize as the most ...
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Big Sur Inn: The Deetjen's Legacy travels back in time to reveal the history, legends, and storied past of a California coastline institution. California's Big Sur has it all: majestic redwoods, waterfalls, and a rich literary and cultural tradition. As Sunset magazine notes: If ever a place represented the freedom and beauty of California, this is it. Nestled on this magical stretch of Highway 1 is Deetjen's Big Sur Inn. Its distinctive vernacular architecture, that visitors and locals alike recognize as the most authentically preserved along the coast, serves a waiting list of guests year round. In 1990, the Department of Interior recognized Big Sur Inn by adding it to the National Register of Historic Places. In this fascinating new book, Author Anita Alan traces the Inn's history from the poetic inspiration that compelled Helmuth Deetjen to journey from his native Norway, to the fulfillment of a lifelong dream - to make his home in the California redwoods. for two, but for travelers, artists and celebrities worldwide, including noted poet Robinson Jeffers (whose prose is featured throughout the book), writers Henry Miller and Jack Kerouac, photographers Edward Weston and Ansel Adams, and celebrities such as Kim Novak, Orsen Welles and Rita Hayworth. Inviting color and vintage photographs from the Inn's beginning to the present guide you through the Inn's natural surroundings, its cozy, rustic rooms and enchanting restaurant.
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I visited Deetjens twice in the early 70's and can vividly
recall the warmth and generosity of this special place. The book embodies the personal and collective sentiment of
what Grandpa Deetjen would have desired his guests to
experience. That is, honest work, craftsmanship, and the gift of hospitality. Anita Alan has captured the memories of those who gave their years of service to guests seeking
tranquility, peace, and self-exploration and in doing so
contributed to the mystery and uniqueness of the inn itself.
Upon visiting Deetjens one must drink her wine, listen to her music, then read Anita's work while near the fireside or
under a towering redwood.
