Legend Tripping

The Ultimate Family Experience

Adventures Unlimited Press 2016 Pb, 309pp, illus, $14.95, ISBN 9781939149640

What Robinson calls ‘legend tripping’ is a challenge to his readers to get out there and investigate or follow the trails of other investigators. Twenty chapters cover pretty much the whole American gazetteer, from Bigfoot, sites associated with UFOs or hauntings, ‘Ghost lights’, buried treasure and lake monsters (with Nessie thrown in). The author is not entirely credulous, providing advice sections on preparing and kitting out for such expeditions, and the importance of critical thinking. His enthusiasm, though, might well inspire a new generation to set off into the wilderness with their smartphone’s GPS (instead of a compass).