Tales This Side of the Elysian Fieldsby Trevor W. HarrisonPublished by Shadowpaw PressReview by Toby A. Welch  $24.99 ISBN 9781998273249 Few things are more entertaining than an engrossing travel book; that definitely applies to Tales This Side of the Elysian Fields.  Harrison crisscrossed the globe during the 1970s and 1980s and shares those experiences with us in this book. He was based in Canada during those decades but traveled around North America, Greece, India, Spain, and countries that surrounded the Himalayan mountains, among others. Each location brought a fresh batch of adventures and a slew of interesting people that crossed his path.  My favourite of the fifteen stories is Harrison’s time spent in Barcelona, Spain. During his month there in March 1973, the modernist revolution was underway although the country was still experiencing an authoritarian regime under Francisco Franco. It was a fascinating historical time to relive through Harrison’s words. And in an interesting twist, Harrison recounts a return trip to Barcelona in 2022 and what a different place it is now, in so many ways.  I was a bit confused by the title. What the heck is an Elysian field? It turns out that when Harrison was in high school, one…