I’m pleased to report that the Route 66 section of the newly published sixth edition of Jamie Jensen’s popular “Road Trip USA” (Avalon Travel, 1,002 pages, paperback) contained no errors that I could detect. That seems an unusual way to begin a book review. However, longtime readers of Route 66 News may remember my 2009 … Continue reading Book review: “Road Trip USA” (sixth edition)
You have to admire the nerve or foolishness of two pals who are so determined to travel old alignments of Route 66 that they get stuck not once, but twice, during their journey. That’s what happens in Rick Antonson’s “Route 66 Still Kicks” (Skyhorse Publishing, paperback, 336 pages, illustrated, e-book available). Although this book is … Continue reading Book review: “Route 66 Still Kicks”
I should preface this by saying I have been a longtime fan of Jamie Jensen’s travel guides. I still possess a 1999 edition of his “Road Trip USA” (subtitled “Cross-Country Adventures on America’s Two-Lane Highways”). Jensen, by all accounts, has driven hundreds of thousands of miles to scout out the best road trips in America. … Continue reading Book review: “Road Trip USA Route 66”
