Brad Alan Lewis: 8 books

Hiking the John Muir Trail - it's an amazing adventure. The JMT starts in Yosemite and finishes 223 miles later at Mt. Whitney. Walking Towards Thunder is a cool book about a woman hiking the JMT, solo. Actually she starts with two friends. Eventually they bail out and leave her tackle the...

Coaching is fun, right? All depends on the rowers, the coach, the budget, the boathouse, the 10,000 other odds and ends. When an Olympic gold medalist in rowing, Brad Alan Lewis, decides to take up the challenge of coaching a crew at an under-funded college program, stuff happens. Some good stuff...

The America's Cup - it was such a big deal back in 1986-87. The Cup had been won by Australia II a few years earlier. Now we were going to win it back. The 'we' in this instance is the syndicate from San Francisco, the USA. Skipper Tom Blackaller at the helm. I was a lowly grinder -...

If you liked 'Assault on Lake Casitas', you might be interested in 'Lido for Time'. In Lido I wrote up the entries from my 1983-84 training journal. Then I opened a bottle of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and wrote up the reasons behind certain workouts, what was going on that day, who...

Lewis’s story is more than a book about a man attempting to win a gold medal in a sport that offers little more than personal rewards. It is about challenging convention, overcoming defeat and working outside of an established system. Assault on Lake Casitas is a compelling tale of competition at the highest possible level and the emotions that fuel obsession.

Last Car is my favorite work by far. It's about two men searching for a missing hiker in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The weather is just now turning cold. Hike quickly.

Ah Starbucks - love it? Hate it? Think back to 1995, back when there wasn't a Starbucks on every street corner of every town, village, burb of America. This is the time of Demon Bean. Way back then, a lone woman did her best to keep Starbucks out of her little burb of Pacific Palisades, California. Did she succeed? Read and find out.

'A story about a guy driving across the country.' I'm tempted to just leave it at that. But I doubt if it would entice too many readers to take a look at 'The Idiot Years.' Strong stuff contained within the pages - as strong and honest as I could write. I did my best. Take a look and tell me if it's good enough.