Tales of Wonder

<p>In this delightful autobiography Smith tells us how he became the dean of world religion experts. Along the way we meet the people who shaped him and shared his journey--a Who's Who of 20th century spiritual America: the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. the Dalai Lama Aldous Huxley Timothy Leary T.S. Eliot Thomas Merton and Pete Seeger.... A valuable master class on faith and life. <br />-- <em>San Francisco Chronicle Book Review</em> </p><p>As Stephen Hawking is to science; as Peter Drucker is to economics; and as Joseph Campbell is to mythology; so Huston Smith is to religion. <em>Tales of Wonder</em> is the personal story of the author of the classic <em>The World's Religions</em> the man who taught a nation about the great faiths of the world and his fascinating encounters with the people who helped shape the 20th century.</p>