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This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me.
As I was walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
I saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me.
— partial 1944 song lyrics by Woody Guthrie [1912-67]
General U.S.A. Travel & Reading Links
Society of American Travel Writers [est. 1955] is based in Illinois
Roadside Americana Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
American Literature of The XIXth Century
American Literature of The XXth Century
America's Authors - Afro-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Native Americans and Other Ethnicities Pages
Spirit of America Bookstore's 'Railroads in Fiction' Pages
Spirit of America Bookstore's Railroads in Fiction - Books For Young Railfans Page
Spirit of America Bookstore's 'Non-Fiction Books About Railroads' Pages
PBS's 'The Great American Read' Project of 2018
General U.S.A. Travel Reading Material
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 | "A Tramp Across The Continent" [Scribner's 1892] by Charles F. Lummis [1859-1928] In 1884, Ohio newpaperman Charles Lummis accepted a job in the Far West town of Los Angeles, California and decided to journey there on foot. He sent dispatches of his adventures weekly, which were syndicated and became a huge national hit. The 3,500-mile journey took 143 days and when he arrived in Los Angeles, he was given a parade. Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [6/2015] for 99’ Forgotten Books 9x6 pb [6/2017] for $13.57 Univ NE Press 8x5¼ pb [5/1982] for $24.95 Palala Press 9¼x6 hardcover [9/2015] for $25.95 |
 | "America Day By Day" [France 1948, U.K. 1952, USA 1999] by Simone de Beauvoir, new translation by Carol Cosman French feminist philosopher de Beauvoir [1908-86] spent four months in 1947 traveling on a lecture tour across the United States and taking daily notes of her impressions; she traveled by car, train & Greyhound bus, visiting small towns and big cities and tourist traps: Chicago, the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas & Reno in Nevada, Los Angeles & Hollywood, New Orleans, New York City, Niagara Falls, San Antonio in Texas, and Vassar College in New York Univ Calif Press 9x6 pb [3/2000] for $25.49 Univ Calif Press 9x6 hardcover [1/99] out of print/many used |
 | "Travels With Charley In Search of America" [1962] by John Steinbeck [1902-68] In 1960, Nobel-winning author Steinbeck set out in a pickup-truck-with-camper, accompanied by his French standard poodle Charley, and traveled across America, from Long Island to Montana to New Orleans to California. He found that the 'New America' replacing the old American values was not something that he liked. Penguin mass pb [1/80] for $8.00 Bantam mass pb [1963] out of print/many used Penguin Audio UNABR audio CD read by Gary Sinise [6/2011] for $20.60 HighBridge UNABR audio cassettes read by Gary Sinise [11/94] 6 tapes - out of prodn/many used other editions, sequels, etc. on Spirit of America's John Steinbeck Page |
 | "National Geographic Guide To Scenic Highways and Byways: The 300 Best Drives In The U.S." [orig 1996, rev 2018] National Geographic 5th Edition 8½x5¼ pb [2/2018] for $18.89 National Geographic 4th Edition 8½x5¼ pb [3/2013] for $22.99 |
 | "The Most Scenic Drives In America: 120 Spectacular Road Trips" [1997]
Reader's Digest 10¼x10¼ pb [3/2005] for $19.80 Reader's Digest 10¼x10 hardcover [5/97] out of print/used |
 | "Road Trip America: A State-by-State Tour Guide To Offbeat Destinations" [2003] by Andrew F. Wood Collectors Press 9x6 pb [4/2003] for $10.17 |
 | "Motel America: A State-By-State Tour Guide To Nostalgic Stopovers" [2004] by Andrew F. & Jenny L. Wood Collectors Press 9x6 pb [3/2004] for $10.17 |
 | "Roadfood: The Coast-To-Coast Guide To 800 of The Best Barbecue Joints, Lobster Shacks, Ice Cream Parlors, Highway Diners, and Much, Much More" [orig 2005, rev 2011] by Jane & Michael Stern Kindle Edition from Random House/Clarkson Potter [5/2011] for $13.99 Clarkson Potter Revised & Updated 9x6 pb [5/2011] for $14.95 Broadway Books '700' edition 9x6 pb [4/2008] out of print/many, many used Broadway Books '600' edition 9x6 pb [4/2005] out of print/many, many used |
 | "The United States of America: A State-by-State Guide" [ages 8-12; 2006] by Millie Miller & Cyndi Nelson Scholastic Reference 11x8½ pb [10/2006] for $7.99 Paw Prints 11x8¾ library hardcover [5/2008] for $16.99 |
 | "Cheap Motels and A Hot Plate: An Economist's Travelogue" [2007] by Michael D. Yates Both a standard road trip account of the adventures of the author (an economist) and his wife after retirement and a penetrating examination of work & inequality, race & class, alienation, and environmental degradation in the small towns and big cities of the contemporary United States. Monthly Review Press 7¾x5½ pb [4/2007] for $14.66 Monthly Review Press 8x5¾ hardcover [4/2007] for $62.39 |
 | "1,000 Places To See In The U.S.A. & Canada Before You Die" [2007] by Patricia Schultz Organized by regions and then states: New England, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Mississippi Valley, Midwest, Great Plains, Four Corners & Southwest, West Coast, Alaska & Hawaii, and Canada Kindle Edition from Workman Publng [3/2011] for $9.18 Workman Publng 7½x5¼ pb [3/2011] for $12.46 Workman Publng 7¾x6¾ hardcover [5/2007] out of print/used |
 | "100 Best Ranch Vacations In North America: The Top Guest and Resort Ranches With Activities For All Ages" [2007] by Gavin Ehringer Globe Pequot Press 2nd edition 9x6 pb [5/2007] for $17.89 Globe Pequot Press pb [5/2007] out of print/used |
 | "LIFE America The Beautiful: A Photographic Journey Coast To Coast - and Beyond" [2007] from the Editors of Life Magazine & Robert Sullivan featuring photographers Ansel Adams, Joel Meyerowitz, Galen Rowell, Michael Melford, and many others Time-Life hardcover [10/2007] for $19.77 |
 | "State By State: A Panoramic Portrait of America - 50 Writers On 50 States" [2008] Edited by Matt Weiland & Sean Wilsey Each essay is by a different author: Alabama by George Packer, Illinois by Dave Eggars, Iowa by Dagoberto Gilb, New Jersey by Anthony Bourdain, North Dakota by Louise Erdrich, Oklahoma by S.E. Hinton, Rhode Island by Jhumpa Lahiri, Tennessee by Ann Patchett Kindle Edition from HarperCollins e-books [10/2010] for $12.99 Ecco Press 9x6¼ pb [9/2009] for $11.55 Ecco Press 9x6 hardcover [9/2008] out of print/dozens used |
 | "Ruin: Photographs of A Vanishing America" [2009] Photographs by Brian Vanden Brink, Text by Howard Mansfield Down East Books hardcover [6/2009] for $43.57 |
 | "LIFE America: A Visual History - From Then To Now" [2010] from the Editors of Life Magazine iconic photography of Jacob Riis, Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, and others, featuring Life staff photographers Margaret Bourke White, Alfred Eisenstaedt & Gordon Parks Time-Life 12¼x11¼ hardcover [5/2010] for $19.77 official book site |
 | "A Fork On The Road: 400 Cities / One Stomach" [2010] by Mark DeCarlo Author is a comedian who hosted Fox's "Studs" TV show, then 400 episodes of Travel Channel's "Taste of America"; this book is the result of criss-crossing America – Maui, New Orleans, Nashville, Los Angeles – seeking real food specialties and oddities, and these tales are compared by reviewers to John Steinbeck's "Travels With Charlie" and to Groucho Marx. Lyons Press 9x6½ pb [9/2010] for $1.30 {sic} author's official website |
 | "Tourist Trains Guidebook" [2007, rev 2017] by Editors of Trains Magazine Describes 500 of the most popular train attractions, museums, and railroad vacation destinations in the U.S. and Canada, with over 200 of the most popular sites detailed in full-page reviews Kalmbach Publng 6th edition 8¼x5½ pb [5/2017] for $15.63 Kalmbach Publng 5th edition 8¼x5½ pb [5/2015] for $15.63 Kalmbach Publng 4th edition 8½x5½ pb [4/2013] for $11.20 |
 | "Great Railroad Museums of the U.S.A.: The Railfan's Guide" [2013] by Jan Young Details of the 'sixty-seven largest, most interesting, and most important railroad museums in the country'; special index listing 160+ especially-interesting cars & locomotives (with locations); ninety photographs; and bonus chapters on the six best museum rail rides in the country, and nineteen significant rail preservation sites outside of traditional railroad museums. LULU.com 9x6 pb [2/2013] for $20.66 LULU.com 'in color' edition 9x6 pb [2/2013] for $66.89 |
 | "Garden Tourism" [2013] by Richard W. Benfield
author is a U.K.-based academic, still, much of the information here covers the phenomenon in America Kindle Edition from C.A.B.I. [5/2013] for $70.00 {sic} C.A.B.I. 9¾x7½ pb [rev 6/2013] for $50.29 |
 | "The Longest Road: Overland In Search of America, From Key West To The Arctic Ocean" [2013] by Pulitzer Prize-winner Philip Caputo Like Steinbeck and Least Heat Moon, the author decided to look at the country afresh by searching for today's America on its two-lane highways, with the companionship of two dogs. Kindle Edition from Holt/Macmillan [7/2013] for $12.59 Henry Holt & Co. 9¼x6½ hardcover [7/2013] for $17.48 |
 | "Lonely Planet Travel Guide: USA's Best Trips - 65 Amazing Road Trips" [rev 2014]
Kindle Edition from Lonely Planet [2/2014] for $4.49 Lonely Planet 2nd Edition 8x5¼ pb [4/2014] for $14.99 |
 | "Lonely Planet Travel Guide: Discover USA - with foldout map" [rev 2014]
Lonely Planet 2nd Edition 7¾x5 pb [6/2014] for $19.70 |
 | "All Aboard: The Complete North American Train Travel Guide" [4th edition 2015] by Jim Loomis Kindle Edition from Chicago Review Press [1/2015] for $9.99 Chicago Review Press 4th edition 8¾x5½ pb [1/2015] for $15.34 |
 | "The 50 States: Explore The U.S.A With 50 Fact-Filled Maps!" [ages 7-10; 2015] by Gabrielle Balkan, Illustrated by Sol Linero Wide Eyed Editions 13&frac3r4x11½ hardcover [10/2015] for $22.65 |
"The Best American Travel Writing 2014" [10/2014] Edited by Jason Wilson & Paul Theroux
http://www.amazon.com/Best-American-Travel-Writing-2014/dp/0544330153/
"The Best American Travel Writing 2015" [10/2015] Edited by Jason Wilson & Andrew McCarthy
http://www.amazon.com/Best-American-Travel-Writing-2015/dp/0544569644/
"The Best American Travel Writing 2016" [10/2016] Edited by Jason Wilson & Bill Bryson
http://www.amazon.com/Best-American-Travel-Writing-2016/dp/0544812093/
 | "Ranch Vacations: The Leading Guide To Dude, Guest, Resort, Fly Fishing, Working Cattle Ranches & Pack Trips" [2017] by Gene Kilgore Ranchweb 9x4 pb [1/2017] for $15.93 |
 | "50 Cities of the U.S.A.: Explore America's Cities With 50 Fact-Filled Maps" [2017] by Gabrielle Balkan, Illustrated by Sol Linero Kindle Edition from Wide Eyed Editions [9/2017] for $14.99 Wide Eyed Editions 11½x13¾ hardcover [9/2017] for $4.39 |
 | "The Best American Travel Writing 2017" [2017] Edited by Jason Wilson & Lauren Collins Kindle Edition from Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt [10/2017] for $9.99 Mariner Books 8¼x5½ pb [10/2017] for $10.87 |
Fiction On The Subject
PBS's 'The Great American Read' Project of 2018
 | "Lost In The Library: A Story of Patience & Fortitude" [ages 4-8; 2018]  by Josh Funk, Illustrated by Stevie Lewis Two lion statues famously and faithfully guard the New York Public Library; when one of them goes missing, the other begins a search within the Library itself. Kindle Edition from Henry Holt BFYR [8/2018] for $9.99 Henry Holt BFYR 10¼x10¼ hardcover [8/2018] for $17.99 |
Regional U.S.A. Reading Material
The Beehive Foundation: Books About The South
 | Route 66 Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore | |
 | "Blue Highways: A Journey Into America" [1982] by William Least Heat-Moon Little Brown 8¼x5½ pb [11/99] for $10.47 Little Brown 8½x5¾ hardcover [11/99] for $20.97 Nightingale-Conant ABR audio [11/91] out of prodn/used |
 | "Pacific Coast Highway: 2,066 Miles From Olympia To Tijuana" [2003] by Nick Freeth, Foreword by Bill Harris MotorBooks Intl. 12x10x10¾ hardcover [9/2003] out of print/many used |
 | "The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia" [2006] Edited by Richard Sisson, Chris Zacher & Andrew Cayton This "Midwest Encyclopedia" assumes that there are twelve states in the U.S. Midwest; this travel page puts nine in that category – Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North & South Dakota, and Oklahoma; the other three are Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin (here considered Central States). Indiana Univ Press 11x9 hardcover [11/2006] for $51.00 |
 | "Roads To Quoz: An American Mosey" [2008] by William Least Heat Moon Back Bay Books pb [11/2009] for $11.55 Little, Brown 9¼x6 hardcover [10/2008] for $18.47 |
 | "U.S. Highway 89: The Scenic Route To Seven Western National Parks" [2009] by Ann Torrence U.S. Highway 89 runs north from Flagstaff, Arizona to Yellowstone (848 miles) and then to the Canadian border (404 miles). Sagebrush Press 11x8½ pb [12/2009] for $29.95 U.S. Highway 89 entry at Wikipedia U.S. Highway 89 fansite publisher book page Ann Torrence Photography in Salt Lake City, Utah |
 | "A History of Chowder: Four Centuries of A New England Meal" [2011] by Robert S. Cox & Jacob Walker Kindle Edition from The History Press [4/2011] for $9.99 The History Press pb [4/2011] out of print/used The History Press 8½x5½ hardcover [4/2011] for $14.05 The History Press hardcover [4/2011] out of print/used |
 | "Southern Biscuits" [2011] by Nathalie Dupree & Cynthia Graubart, Photographs by Rick McKee Kindle Edition from Gibbs Smith [5/2011] for $8.49 Gibbs Smith 9x9 hardcover [5/2011] for $18.97 |
 | "Hoist A Cold One!: Historic Bars of The Southwest" [2011] by Melody & Myke Groves Descriptions of 25 historic establishments in Arizona, Texas, New Mexico & Colorado, with photos past & present and driving directions U.N.M. Press 8x10 pb [7/2011] for $18.21 |
 | "Eating Up The West Coast: The Best Road Trips, Restaurants and Recipes From California To Washington" [2015] by Brigit Binns Oxmoor House 9¾x8¾ flexibound [4/2015] for $15.73 |
 | "The Storied South: Voices of Writers and Artists" [2013] by William Ferris A 40-year labor of love and scholarship by historian Ferris's that vividly portrays 26 writers, scholars, musicians, painters, and photographers as they discuss the sense of place and the power of story in their lives, exploring questions about the meaning of art, race, region, and history. Voices include: WRITERS: Sterling Brown, Ernest Gaines, Alex Haley, Alice Walker, Margaret Walker, Robert Penn Warren & Eudora Welty; SCHOLARS: John Blassingame, Cleanthe Brooks, John Dollard, Charles Seeger & C. Vann Woodward; MUSICIANS: Bobby Rush & Pete Seeger; PHOTOGRAPHERS: William Christen-berry, William Eggleston & Walker Evans; and PAINTERS: Benny Andrews, Julien Binford, Carol Cloar, Rebecca Daven-port, William Dunlap, Maude Gatewood, Sam Gilliam, Ed McGowin & George Wardlaw Kindle Edition from Univ NC Press [8/2013] for $22.99 with audio & video Univ NC Press 9½x8¼ hardcover [8/2013] for $25.97 with audio CD & video DVD |
 | "South Toward Home: Travels In Southern Literature" [2015] by Margaret Eby
the author visits: Jackson, MS (Eudora Welty and Richard Wright); Oxford, MS (William Faulkner, Barry Hannah, and Larry Brown); Milledgeville, GA (Flannery O'Connor); Bacon County, GA (Harry Crews); Monroeville, AL (Harper Lee and Truman Capote); and New Orleans, LA (John Kennedy Toole) Kindle Edition from W.W. Norton & Co. [9/2015] for $14.99 W.W. Norton & Co. pb [9/2016] for $15.95 W.W. Norton & Co. 8½x5¾ hardcover [9/2015] for $18.77 |
"Road Trip USA: Appalachian Trail" [3/2010] by Jamie Jensen
http://www.amazon.com/Road-Trip-USA-Appalachian-Trail/dp/1598805797/
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 | Sunset Magazine [est. 1898, now owned by TIME Inc.]
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 | "High Country News" biweekly magazine [est. 1/1970] based in Colorado, "covering environmental & natural resource issues in the inter-mountain West" subscribe: 22 issues/year for $47.00 official website entry at Wikipedia |
 | The Oxford American Magazine: Exploring & Celebrating The American South [est. 1992] 4 issues/year [USA only] for $19.97 magazine website |
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Other Media
 | "Modern Marvels: Pacific Coast Highway" [History Channel Feb 2004] U.S. Highway 101 from Seattle to the Mexican border took 25 years for construction. A&E Television Networks 47-minute DVD-R [7/2008] for $24.95 full credits at IMDb |
International Travel Reading
 | "The New 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: Completely Revised & Updated With Over 200 New Entries" [orig 2003, rev 2011] by Patricia Schultz organized by sections and by country: Great Britain, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, North Africa, West Africa, East & Southern Africa, Indian Ocean, Middle East, East Asia, South & Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia & New Zealand, Pacific Islands, United States, Canada, Mexico & Central America, South America & Antartica, and The Caribbean Kindle Edition from Workman Publng [11/2011] for $8.99 Workman Publng 2nd edition 7¼x5¼ pb [11/2011] for $12.76 Workman Publng 2nd edition 7½x5½ hardcover [11/2011] for $21.75 | |
 | "Drives of A Lifetime: 500 of The World's Most Spectacular Trips" [2010] from National Geographic Locations include Alaska, Argentina, Norway, Wales, Morocco, Cambodia, Ireland National Geographic 12x9¼ hardcover [10/2010] for $25.00 | |
 | "Travelling With Classical Writers" [2016]
Five travelogues, written by world-famous writers: "Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes In Cornwall Taken A-foot" [1861] by Wilkie Collins [1824-89], "Pictures From Italy" [1846] by Charles Dickens [1812-70], "French Life" [1864] by Elizabeth Gaskell [1810-65], "North America" [Chapman & Hall 1862] by Anthony Trollope [1815-82], and "In Morocco" [1920] by Edith Wharton [1862-1937] Kindle Edition from indep [5/2016] for 99’ "Pictures From Italy" [1846] is available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive "Rambles Beyond Railways" [1861] is available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive "North America" [1862] by Anthony Trollope is available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive "Cousin Phillis and Other Tales" [1864] is available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive "In Morocco" [1920] is available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive |
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