The title of Chris Epting's
latest book is a bit of a departure from
the light-hearted puns on the covers of
his earlier books: Led
Zepplin Crashed Here, Elvis
Presley Passed Here, or my personal
favorite, Marilyn
Monroe Dyed Here. I wondered a little
about what I would find in this latest compendium
of American pop culture,The Birthplace
Book: A Guide to Birth Sites of Famous People,
Places & Things. I needn't have
worried -- this new book is great fun and
chock full of stories and factoids great
for entertaining and impressing your road
trip companions...[Read
more] (6/26/09)
I've read Brain Butko's classic
Greetings
From The Lincoln Highway: America's First
Coast-to Coast Road cover-to-cover
several times in the last three years. Tracing
the route of this first transcontinental
highway remains one of my fondest road trip
dreams. I've given copies of the hardback
book to many fellow road trip enthusiasts,
and I know of a few copies that have been
enjoyed so much that the binding is falling
apart. Because hardback books don't make
very good traveling companions, it was wonderful
to learn about Butko's new companion piece
to the original volume. The Lincoln Highway
Companion: A Guide to America's First Coast-to-Coast
Road is a perfect size and format for
riding shotgun on road trips. With 190 pages
packed with color photographs and detailed
maps, road trip aficionados can easily follow
this historic highway...[Read
more] (6/26/09)
I've now
reviewed four of James Kaiser's "Complete
Guide" books, Acadia,
Yosemite,
Grand
Canyon and this one. I can tell
you a compelling reason that you ought to
purchase this third edition of Joshua
Tree: The Complete Guide. I don't know
of any other guide book gives you so many...[Read
more] (6/26/09)
The
Dog Lover's Companion to California,
by Maria Goodavage
One of eight superb doggy guide books covering
Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, California,
Florida, New England, New York City, Seattle,
and Washington D.C. (1/26/03)
America
Unchained, by Dave Gorman
"…The plan was simple. Go to
America. Buy a second-hand car. Drive coast-to-coast
without giving any money to THE MAN."
(8/22/08)
The
Bad Driver's Handbook, by Zack Arnstein
& Larry Arnstein
"The Book the DMV Doesn't Want You to Read"
will have you laughing nonstop as you learn how
to intimidate pedestrians, sleep at the wheel,
and never use a turn signal again! (10/23/05)
New
York City Subway Trains, by the New York
Transit Museum
"12 Classic Punch-and Build Trains"
plus specs & history (1/4/04)
Literary
Chicago: A Book Lover's Tour of the Windy City
Access
Guides to U.S. Cities
Washington
Schlepped Here
Orlando
The
Dog Lover's Companion to California
Fodor's
Road Guide: Where to Stay with your Pet
I'll
Be Damned If I'll Die In Oakland: A Sort Of Travel
Memoir
Roads
from the Ashes
Sowerby's
Road
A
Short History of Nearly Everything
Chasing
Lightning
Maximum
Ride - School's Out Forever
Maximum
Ride - The Angel Experiment
The
Bad Driver's Handbook
New
York City Subway Trains