Cross country : fifteen years and ninety thousand miles on the roads and interstates of America with Lewis and Clark, a lot of bad motels, a moving van, Emily Post, Jack Kerouac, my wife, my mother-in law, two kids, and enough coffee to kill an elephant

Sullivan, Robert 1963- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781582345277
ISBN: 1582345279
Physical Description: ix, 389 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Pub. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-388).

Formatted Contents Note:

I. Intro. II. Portland, OR to Missoula, MT: Lewis and Clark -- Jefferson's West -- The Gorge -- The noise -- The arch -- Our journals -- The forgotten trail -- Nez Perce -- Bitterroots -- The Hot Springs -- III. Missoula to Miles City, MT: Mountain men -- Chalet -- Homestake Pass -- Tumbleweed -- Ruburb -- Squeegee -- Big timber -- Pompey's Pillar -- IV. Miles City to Minneapolis, MN: -- Kum & go -- Gas pumps -- Impala -- OK Tire -- Great Plains -- Plains humor -- Santa Fe -- Earth Lodge -- Guidebooks -- V. Minneapolis to Beloit, WI: Doughboys -- Coffee -- Wisconsin Cheese -- Eau Claire -- Wisconsin Dells -- Madison, WI -- VI. Beloit to Bellafonte, PA: Cannonball -- Slogans -- Fawn River -- Ohio -- Oil City -- The Appalachians --Road trips.