Wholesale South Devon & Dartmoor by Hilary Bradt

[Globe Pequot Publishing] This new, thoroughly updated third edition of South Devon and Dartmoor is part of Bradt's distinctive ‘Slow Travel' series of guides to UK regions, offering in-depth exploration of one of England's most popular areas. Written by resident experts Hilary Bradt, Janice Booth (who died in 2023), and Gill and Alistair Campbell, it remains the essential companion to discovering not just obvious, well-known sites, but also for getting off the beaten track. South Devon has many links with the USA. The Pilgrim Fathers set sail from the port city of Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620. The region was the birthplace of US-connected sons including Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh, and the site of the ill-fated, little-known ‘Exercise Tiger' during World War II, in which perhaps 1,000 American lives were lost. Meanwhile, the guide's detailed descriptions of village churches assist visiting genealogists searching for ancestors from Devon. Colourful and witty