Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways (1st ed) [Paperback]

Jamie Jensen (Author)

Book Description

Series: 1st ed | Publication Date: June 1996

This guide is designed for anyone planning a driving holiday in the USA. It covers the entire USA, with 11 cross-country, non-interstate routes, six running west to east, from coast to coast, and the other five running north to south, from the border of Canada to Mexico. The book contains detailed maps covering every state the route crosses, and lists towns, sights, accommodation, restaurants and attractions.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Whether we're beret-bearing beatniks or Lexus-driving cosmopolitans, road trips still beckon. Gas up the tank, load up the trunk--it's hard to resist. But who has time to waste on wrong turns, getting lost, and bad choices? When it comes to finding fun, time is of the essence, so Jamie Jensen's guide takes the pain out of the road trip, be it across the continent or a Sunday jaunt. With directions to pit stops, scenic routes, bizarre museums, and the best apple pie stands, all you have to do is drive.

From Library Journal

Jensen, the author of two books in the "Rough Guides" travel series (Penguin), knows that to really see the United States the traveler must exit the interstate highways and enter the two-lane byways. Covering 11 cross-country, noninterstate roads that traverse the nation north to south or east to west, Jensen documents the local color of American popular culture?the out-of-the-way monument, throwback diner, area radio station, or local brewery. He provides historical lore and amusing trivia about points along the way, as well as practical advice on where to stay, where to find tourist offices, and how to find updates on local road conditions. An appendix includes "Survival Guides," which offers travel information on two dozen major cities, and an annotated reading list. Jensen's guide is essential for travelers who are more interested in finding the real America than the fastest way from points A to B. Highly recommended.?Pamela W. Bellows, Northwestern Connecticut Community Technical Coll. Lib., Winstead
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 800 pages
• Publisher: Moon Travel Handbooks; First Edition edition (June 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566910366
• ISBN-13: 978-1566910361
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,440,052 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't read this book if you have a job., June 23, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways (1st ed) (Paperback)

Road Trip USA is the kind of book that creates an overpowering urge to quit your daily grind, pack the wife and kids into an old Chevy, and hit the blacktop. So if everyone in America were to read it at once, our natioanl economy would almost certainly collapse. It's apparently part of an anti-American plot orchestrated by foreign despots. Much safer for us all to just stay at home and watch VH1 flashbacks, without ever wondering about what might lie over the next hill

3 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Related movie: "Two Lane Blacktop", March 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways (1st ed) (Paperback)

You've got to see this movie, starring a '69 Pontiac GTO and a '55 Chevy w/ 400 horsepower. Oh, yes, and James Taylor.