Page 24 RAIN July 1976 Wise Travel It's amazing how doing a piece in an issue generates lots of new stuff which we should have covered. And, ironically, this time the books that came in on our April poster, "Make Where You Are a Paradise", RAIN No. 6) have given me itchy feet! (LdeM) The Recommended Country Inns ofNew England, Suzy Chapin and Elizabeth Squire, The Pequot Press, 197 5, $3.95 from: Pequot Press Chester, CT 06412 Their definition of a country inn is that it "must have lodging, as well as good food, and it must be open essentially year 'round." This book discusses almost 200 places from Connecticut to Maine, many of which are run by families. It includes prices (some as cheap as $12 for a double), menus, photographs, and what look to be careful directions for getting there. Enjoy. Country Inns and Back Roads (10th edition), Norman T. Simpson, 1976, $4.95 from: Berkshire Traveller Press Stockbridge, MA 02162 This one covers more ground-the whole country and even a few in Canada. Some are restaurants, some are hotels. The chatty descriptions are illustrated with nice sketches, but one drawback is a lack of prices. Lover's Guide to America, Ian Keown, 1974, $8.95 .from: Macmillan Publishing Co. 866 Third Ave. New York, NY 10022 This hardback by a big publisher has a whole different feel than the other two (hooray for small presses!), although it does cover much more of some areas, like the South and the Southwest. It's just that the places mentioned in Oregon are fancy and not at all to my liking, which makes me skeptical of their recommendations. They do have prices and descriptions (no pictures), so you should be able to tell what you're getting into. A final note: Found a Holiday Inn ad in Newsweek that brags about "15 2 reasons why the best surprise is no surprises"- including no surprises in the lobby, the food, the carpet or the prices. At least they know what they're dishing out. What ever happened to the famed American spirit of adventure? (LdeM) HEALTH, continued from page 23 The End ofMedicine, Rick J. Carlson, Wiley-Interscience Series, 1975, $12.95 from: John Wiley and Sons 605 Third Avenue New York, NY 10016 hard to read, polemical, and fails to substantiate assertions made-not up to Illich 's earlier works such as Tools for Conviviality. The End ofMedicine is readable and covers the ground well. The price is high-ask your library to order it, or maybe wait for a paperback version. (TB) If you think that waterless toilets are ridiculous or that our present practices of mixing our sewage with our drinking water have no health problems, this report (or "Viruses in Water: the problem, some solutions" by Gerba, Wallis and Melnick in Environment, Science and Technology, Dec. 1975) will cause some serious rethinking. Many viruses from Carlson comes a lot closer to succeeding at what Ivan Illich tried to do with Medical Nemesis-cover the inherent limitations in our concepts and institutions of health and explore the options available to develop more positive approaches to health. Medical Nemesis is Preliminary Assessment of Suspected Carcinogens in Drinking Water, Report to Congress, December 1975, from: Office of Toxic Substances U.S. EPA Washington, DC 20460 RAIN 2270 N.W. Irving Portland, OR 97210 Address Correction Requested our sewage are not affected by present water disinfection processes. Those same processes-particularly chlorination-are pretty clearly linked with cancer and heart disease. There are simpler.and better ways-these studies give reason to seek them. (TB)
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