King of Bohemia _ 10 Years with Legendary Bookseller George Whitman

George Whitman, Yankee expatriate and owner of Shakespeare and Company in Paris, died at age 98 in 2011 after handing over the world's most famous bookstore to his 30 year old daughter. In his last decade, Whitman mentored Ronny Bauer, a onetime techie from the Silicon Valley who divides his life between surfing in Morocco and selling ice cream in Ocean City, New Jersey. Echoing a spirit of the Beat Generation, Bauer tells of his times and his travels with George, a rare kind of Dean Morarity - altruistic, difficult, indefatigable, often hilarious, always unique. * "In May 2000, I quit my job, sold all my possessions and set out with the goal of visiting man's greatest achievements - the pyramids of Giza, Machu Picchu, Angkor Wat, the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China... Little did I know that a bookstore in Paris would end up being the most fantastic and awe-inspiring of them all. Travel changes the soul. George Whitman changed my life forever..." Ronny Bauer