Jessica Taekman

Bay Area native Jessica Taekman spends her spare time hiking, surfing, and baking.

Book Review: Breaking Through: Essays, Journals and Travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts

October 1, 2006 • by Jessica Taekman

Breaking Through: Essays, Journals and Travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts, Katherine A. Rodger (ed.), UC Press, 2006, 348 pages, $39.95 www.ucpress.edu While he’s well known as the inspiration for the character “Doc” in several John Steinbeck novels, few people are … Read more

Book Review: Top Trails: San Francisco Bay Area

October 1, 2004 • by Jessica Taekman

Top Trails: San Francisco Bay Area, by David Weintraub, Wilderness Press, 2004, 294 pages, $13.95 (www.wildernesspress.com). Bay Area day hikers, take note — and take a look at one of the first releases of Wilderness Press’s newest series of trail … Read more