2018 marked the end of The Idiot’s 20-year walk around the Mediterranean Sea and the publication of the final book in The Idiot and the Odyssey trilogy of travel narratives.
Here are some of The Idiot’s favorite book-related photographs taken during the year:
The Idiot and the Odyssey was a platinum sponsor of The Walk To End Alzheimer’s in Redding, California.
The Idiot at The Walk To End Alzheimer’s in Redding, California, which was co-sponsored by The Idiot and the Odyssey books.
The Idiot asked followers on social media to weigh in on the selection of the cover for The Idiot and the Odyssey III published in September 2018.
The front and back covers of The Idiot and the Odyssey III which was published in September 2018.
Idiot book designer Aaron Patterson chose photos and designed The Idiot and the Odyssey III during the summer of 2018.
One innovation in The Idiot and the Odyssey III is the use of QR codes to take readers to photographs, videos, maps and other information.
Proofreaders and copy editors for The Idiot and the Odyssey III in August 2018 included Baby Gaga, The Idiot’s 11-month-old granddaughter.
The Idiot and the Odyssey book trilogy was on the shelves of bookstores during the autumn of 2018.
The Idiot and the Odyssey book trilogy was available on amazon during the autumn of 2018.
An advertising campaign on social media promoted The Idiot and the Odyssey III in September and October 2018.
(Photo: Aaron Patterson)
The publicity-shy Idiot promoted The Idiot and the Odyssey III in an ad campaign during the autumn of 2018.
(Photo: Aaron Patterson)
The Idiot promoted The Idiot and the Odyssey III at Stanford University in September 2018.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)
The Idiot read the chapter about Lebanon in The Idiot and the Odyssey III to an audience in Lebanon, New Hampshire, in November.
The Idiot took his books to London in November 2018.
(Photo: Tali Knipe)
The Idiot personally delivered a copy to Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace in November 2018.
Readers had varying reactions to The Idiot and the Odyssey III.
(Photo: Kip Stratte-McClure)
The Idiot was pleased that he was still signing copies of The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean, the first book in the travel trilogy published in 2008, in 2018.
The Idiot reflects on 2018 at Fallen Leaf Lake in California.
(Photo: Gina Campbell)
The Idiot changes his look for 2019.
Posted on January 1, 2019 by Joel
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About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."