Roads and Highways Books

I purchased these maps for a trip and found that they did a good job in detailing the various bits and pieces of the Mother Road, for the most part. The written directions were a bit confusing at times - especially through Santa Fe, NM. Which caused us some frustration.

The maps and illustrations are fun to look at, but obviously not meant to be to scale, which could also lead to some confusion.

One might want to purchase additional maps to supplement these if they're looking for accurate Route 66 maps and information.

The information about how to get from one end of Rt. 66 to the other is very detailed, but I would like to see more of the "why" that all of these places are considered historic. Also, I would like to see the milage/eta written somewhere for each state. I like that all eight of the maps are specific to each state, and it is broken down well in that respect.

Everything arrived as promised; it just wasn't exactly what I was looking for. I had hoped for a little more detail, especially in and around the Metro areas.

We just completed our trip from Flint MI via Amtrak to Los Angeles where we rented a car at the station, drove to Santa Monica Pier and began our odyssey on old Rte. 66 to Chicago. These maps were invaluable. We followed the road as true as we could with a couple of side trips and arrived in Chicago 11 days later. The maps, even though they were cartoonish, helped us around every right turn, bear left, etc. We would still be at Santa Monica Pier without them!

This is not a map! It's just a pencil drawing of the road, with the name of the towns. No cartographic data for the surrounding landscape - no topography, no elevations, no vegetation, nothing. And absolutely nothing in the description of the item before you buy it tells you that this is not a map.

Extensively researched and very well written - good humor makes the exhaustive details easy to read. Over the years, I have driven many of the roads travelled - and I wish I had this book with me in the past. I read through it and say "Oh yeah, now I get it" about many of the sights I have seen. Going to enjoy bringing it with me on future travels - this book gives me far greater insight than other such books I have read. Well laid out, great index and cross-references.

This is a wonderful book. The detail and how it is divided into areas makes it an easy read and easy to locate the information you want. I am extremely pleased with my purchase and I recommend to everyone whether you are going to travel or not.

Bought this for my recently retired parents for Christmas. They loved it. Kinda of a nudge out the door to experience life....

I recently completed a series of road trips around the U.S. with one of my children. We found Road Trip USA to be an indispensable guide to each section of the country we visited. The book was full of accurate recommendations and suggestions of what to see and what to avoid.

Turnpikes and superhighways have improved much about our lives, making commutes to work and other vital travel easier and faster. Sometimes, though, it's great to just slow down and enjoy the scenery - and that's just what Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways helps all of us to do.

In this book, you'll discover plenty about out-of-the-way places that can be reached by traveling on two-lane roads in the United States. Discover lesser known monuments, museums, restaurants and roads, and enjoy the offbeat sites that you'll see. It's likely that you'll even learn something new about your own state or hometown.

Road Trip USA recommends places to eat and stay and it provides survival guides to some of America's most intriguing cities. If you've fallen into a vacation rut, this book will break you of it, as at least one quirky destination - and probably many more - will grab your attention and cause you to go on your own road trip rendezvous.

This guide worked great. If you email the author (email address in the guide), he'll send you updates.

Came with detailed maps, turn-by-turn directions for both eastbound and westbound driving, and points of interest. Guide has a spiral binding and just the right size for use on a road trip.

This guide made for a great, unforgettable, 3 week road trip during May/June 2008.

Thanks Jerry!

We could not have followed route 66 without this book. Our vacation was absolutely wonderful and we stayed on the original route most of the way.

Lots of information on what to see an do along Route 66. Maps are a little hard to follow.

I am planning a Route 66 trip - back to the 50"s and 60"s.

Thanks for the book and the info in the book

Jayne

I purchased "Route 66: EZ66 Guide For Travelers, I think mainly because of the spiral binding which it advertized would be easy to lay open as one was driving the road. I would say that was a plus. I drove the road with my wife from Ash Fork, AZ to Barstow, CA. It was a lot of fun and the EZ66 Guide was integral to the trip. It had larger section maps of the journey and smaller detail maps of tricky stretches. It's narratives provided valuable background information about each town along the way and fun descriptions like the berm between Essex and Amboy Calif where travelers have left messages using rocks and bottles, and the shoe tree near Amboy. Since this book was written in 2005 and 'bra' tree has now appeared down the road from the shoe tree. Fun stuff. I highly recommend this book for anyone planning a trip down the Mother Road.

This book is a great pick-me-up when one feels as if the goals set are just out of reach. The icons we all know and recognize are included - failures and success on each page. Who knew Frank Sinatra was expelled from high school for rowdy behavior?!

This is a great gift book, and I would recommend it for people starting any new adventure: college, a new job, or for the fun of the read.

How can the average rating of 21 people be near 5?

This book is a silly collection of trashy one-liners; each one-liner takes up an entire page. Dumb rumors nobody cares about like "Marilyn Monroe worked in a take-out restaurant before becoming famous".

I was expecting a series of STORIES or REPORTS that would actually teach me something.

Save your money and do not buy this disappointing collection of tabloid cut-and-paste.

How interesting and disappointing that the majority of "failures" described in this entertaining little book, are simply detailing an honest day's work. I personally don't think that gainful employment is a "failure" no matter what one's hopes and aspirations in life may be. We should all be so lucky.

This is a GREAT book. When I read about the humble beginnings of high achievers, I get motivated to be great too! For example Walt Disney's first cartoon film failed miserably and he even went bankrupt! The point of this book is keep trying, don't stop. `Cause the road to success IS paved with failure!

Zev Saftlas, Author of Motivation That Works: How to Get Motivated and Stay Motivated

I have several dozen books on various aspects of success and failure and this book is the most mediocre of them all. Each page has about 100 words at best and there is no detail to any of the stories of the effort and perseverance required to actually succeed. So some slightly famous someone you have heard about had a bad day once. Big deal, there is no lesson to that. The real lesson is in reading about the depth and breadth it really takes to succeed - real commitment, not just a simple piece of good or bad luck.

If you have a friend who just doesn't like to read at all, this would be a suitable gift. I'm not saying that to be a book snob...we have all been in "their" houses, where the heck are the books? If you have a friend or relative who is trying to achieve something great in his or her life, but they are just not the type to read, then this book would be an acceptable choice. My younger brother - whom - I admire a great deal, is trying to succeed at a very difficult career path and I will be getting this book for him for his Christmas present. However, if you want anything more than the most superficial read, choose a different book.

I was interested in the subject, but it was not described as a children's book, which it is. The information is correct, but very basic, and written so that a child may understand. I have just about every other book ever written on the Lincoln Highway, and was anxious to read new material. I don't think this was advertized as a children's book. If it had been, I would not have purchased it.

My husband and I are getting ready to make a trip from the West Coast to the Midwest, and I remembered reading the book, "Link Across America". This book taught me a lot about the highway. I decided to re-read the book and thought I'd like to share it with other readers. So, please, research this book if you are planning a trip down the Lincoln Highway.

As the Educational Liaison to schools for the National Lincoln Highway Association, I have used this book, or suggested its use, by the teachers who teach a unit of the LH's history to their students. It is great source of overall information about the highway, presented in an easy to understand format for children. I highly recommend this enjoyable and informational book to all who have traveled or will be traveling our nations highways. A great source to use in a study of transportation.

Capturing a segment of the American transportation legacy, Link Accross America is an enriching children's book focusing on a highway crossing the USA. It is dirrected towards young readers yet providing ample information that most adults just don't know. Everyday history surrounding a nation's roadway is presented to readers or listeners in a format that helps the learner to absorb while also encouraging a curiousity in the past. Illustration, photos, a varying narrative, and a changing book composition demonstrates a text for a larger audience. Road builders, drivers, an older generation, and a growing country are shown using paragraphs grouped into bite sized chunks. Numerous characters add to the narration in telling how a highway came to be. This is a great book because it reinforces history in a way that shows a society progressing through time. I think it is a wonderful book for the mid elementary grades!

Mary has a tremendous interest in preserving the Lincoln Highway. Having been an elementary school teacher she presents her story to children in an interesting and informative way. This is a story that all ages need to hear about America's first "coast-to-coast" highway. In our town, Grand Island, we have an original-mile section of paving of the Lincoln Highway, which was the second such "Seedling Mile" (as those first-paved sections were called) in the United States. This book is about a man's (Carl Fisher) dream of creating a highway acorss America. It tells of the struggle and dedication to build the highway as no government money was available for such projects at the time.

This book is great! Me and my Jeep are loving it. Once reading the little part from the page I knew I had to have the book to atleast finish that story.

This book has some very useful information and is very easy to understand. I thought that the extra equipment/gear lists were a bit long and for myself some is not realistic to carry. If the information in this book is combined with other publications a good list of gear to carry on a 4 wheel adventure could be developed. The additional resources listed in this book were also very helpful. For new and experienced off-roaders this book is a useful tool.

I expected something different, so I don't blame the author, who has written a nice little treatise on 4 wheel driving for beginners. Absolute beginners. This book is a response to the recent popularity of SUV's, and to the fact that many folks have not a clue about what 4 wheel drive is or how to use it. It starts off at ground zero with the heartwarming little tale of a corporate lawyer and his management/executive wife buying their first SUV (awww...) and then taking it out for progressively friskier adventures until they get to really test themselves. Made me want to throw up, but then it's just not my style. If this is your style, if you honestly don't know which wheels get the power when one is stuck, if you have never used a high-lift jack, if you think a Land Rover is the functional equivalent of a Honda CR-V, then this is the book for you. The nutty title should have tipped me off, but I had my guard down and it slipped past me. It's foolish to think you can learn this stuff from a book, anyway...that right there is the BIG fallacy. Get out, get muddy and bust your knuckles and write your own book.

This book is a basic introduction to driving off-road. If you don't know what a locker is, how it works or why you might want one for off-road use, you'll find the answers in this book. On the other hand, if you've decided to save money on a locker by welding the spider gears together in your garage, this is not the book for you.

Having said that, I think it's a very good introduction and I knocked off one star for its only fault -- I found the organization a bit strange. If you read through the book cover-to-cover though, you'll know where to find what you need in the book. I'd give it four and a half stars if I could.

On Amazon's recommendation, I bought this book with The Off-Road 4-Wheel Drive Book by Jack Jackson, which is a very different animal. Jackson's book is for hard-core expeditions more than recreational off-roading. Many paragraphs start with sentences like, "As I forded a raging river during the rainy season in Pakistan, the engine suddenly stalled." If you're planning on crossing the Sahara, I'd recommend Jackson's book for you. Even if you're not, he does give good ideas for tough situations and you know you're getting advice that's been tested off-road in some of the worst conditions imaginable.

The bottom line: if you're just starting out, buy DeLong's book alone. If you find yourself venturing off-road more and more and you'd like to be more independent, buy Jackson's book as a follow-up.

recently purchased a Jeep with the intention of doing more 4x4 off-road exploration in the upcoming months. In my search for information I stumbled upon Brad DeLong's 4-Wheel Freedom: The Art of Off-Road Driving. This book clearly and confidently spelled out all that I needed to know to begin my adventures in a safe (individually as well as environmentally), respectful and confident manner. I was so pleased to find the author's compassion and sound respect for the environment and how he simply challenges his readers to have the integrity to do the same.

4x4 Wheel Freedom: The Art of Off-Road Driving is clearly organized into 14 chapters and several information filled appendices with resources for continued education. Packing Up - The Basic Toolbox, Rocks and Ravines - Basic Crawling, and Winches and Jacks - Up and Out are some examples of the chapters included. Each chapter presents basic knowledge and details on its theme and further clarifies the information with personal accounts that seem to wrap it all together for the reader.

This is an excellent addition to any personal library or bookshelf! Anyone who drives a vehicle with 4x4 and/or owns an SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle) will find useful information in this text and will benefit from its application at sometime in their life as a driver. Brad Delong presents information for all - from those experienced in 4x4 adventures to those with even a small bit of interest in 4x4s.

I'm planning a family camping/roadtrip to Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. This book has been a real asset in the trip planning. I also recommend "Off the Beaten Path, Virginia" and "Off the Beaten Path, Maryland & Delaware".

This is a book not to be missed it has every thing you need to go riding through the U.S.. If you plan on touring the U.S. highways buy this book,its very informative you will being doing yourself and injustice if you don't.

It is a nice book, but it is not comprehensive at all. ex. for Georgia there is only one. Actually most of the South East is sparsely represented. The information that is there is good and reliable, so from that point of view it is useful.

For what it was I was a little disappointed. This book would be perfect for anyone wanting additional suggestions for 1-2 day scenic trips within a larger vacation. We didn't really use it much since we were hoping for suggestions of scenic side roads to substitute for the major interstates on our cross country road trip. The pictures are beautiful though and the suggestions look like fun if you have not already planned out your trip and are looking for suggestions to fill out the rest of your time.

I've been using this book to help me find and appreciate scenic drives for about 4 years now, and while a few items are starting to get dated, it's still amazingly useful. The heavy paper and solid binding has kept it from falling apart in spite of 4 years of being tossed around and spilled on and bent back. Also, the small size (this isn't an atlas) makes it easy to use in the car.

I use the book to choose routes in advance, and when on the actual trip, always supplement it with local guides and maps. I've had good success with taking only parts of the drives, and even doing them in reverse! Highly recommended.

I first heard about this and it's companion book about Route 66 on NPR, so I decided to borrow it from my local library. It was so delightful that I purchased it for my mother (she is 79) and she was very pleased with it, too. I would highly recommend it for anyone who is over 40 and has warm and fuzzy road trip memories from childhood.

Having read Wallis' big highway book about Route 66, I guess I was expecting more out of the Lincoln Highway offering. But, comparing the two, the Lincoln Highway had a rather 'phoned in' feel and read to it. Not that its bad, it's a fine book, but I was expecting more from this author.

Lincoln Highway comes off much more a travel guide than the Route 66 book. The numberous and predictible stops for 'good down home road food' and 'the local dated business dating back to the days of the highway' references started to become clique especially when contrasted with the same in the Route 66 book. It was as if he was trying to recapture that Route 66 feeling, one very unique to that road, in the Lincoln Highway. The Lincoln is loaded with history, but overall lacks the folklore and myth of the great American love with travel and moving west that Route 66 has. In short, it was a hard road to top.

I've travelled both roads, and in particular the Lincoln in PA. I did feel Wallis glanced over the road in PA, while spending a great deal of time on places like New Jersey and eastern Ohio. Central PA on Route 30 (Lincoln Hwy) is a pure stretch of the route, where, in the old days, you could pretty much compare it to Route 66 in Missouri or Illinois.

Overall, a good book, but not up to the level I'd look for from this author on a topic he has come to own. Only the Tom Teague book on Route 66 tops the Wallis efforts.

Excellent book, well written with many classic photos. Would highly recommend this book for anyone interested in the Lincoln Highway.

What a great book to establish and chronicle the history of this very important highway in the history of our country. If you think of the internet and how it reduced the size of the world. This highway when first completed, did the same thing to this GREAT country of ours. Very interesting book about what you would see while traveling this road. Makes me want to jump on my motorcycle and head out!!!

Very well written--this book makes you want to get in your car and drive. We are planning our next vacation to cover just a part of the Lincoln Highway.

I first read this book in 1998 or 1999, and since have lost my copy, but I remember enjoying every page of it. I also remember identifying myself as a "Freud" - creating a new domain. Would recommend this to anyone who is interested in clarifying and expanding their consciousness, educational realm, and creating a rich learning context.

Howard Gardner gives us an excellent and accessible introduction to his work with this book. Though small, it contains several gems for those of us who would like to emulate the lives and practices of extraordinary individuals.

I am continually amazed at how Gardner always puts out original and thought-provoking books. This is such a great book for anyone who wants to know what makes leaders and creators extraordinary. Gardner discovers that most great people are not great in many areas, but know their skills and have worked hard to develop those skills way beyond their contemporaries. Those who enjoy this book would also enjoy Creating Minds and Leading Minds (my favorite Gardner book). Like this one, they are packed full of useful information on great men and women.

An interesting analysis of what an extraodinary mind is and does. Through presenting 4 types of extraordinary minds : Master, Maker, Introspector, and Influencer, and then providing an example for each (Mozart, Freud, Woolf, and Gandhi respectively) insight is gained. It is a quick, but knowledgable read, and I reccomend it for those interested in seeing what makes a mind higher than the average individual. Overall, intriguing in the fact that Gardner is able to pick out traits and then term them on the path to extraoridinariness.

Howard Gardner, famous for his Multiple Intelligences theory (see "Frames of Mind") continues his research into patterns of intelligences with this analysis of 4 extraordinary individuals: Mozart, Freud, Virginia Woolf and Gandhi. The biographies of these people, which take up only half of the book, were interesting. Less fascinating (but still interesting) were Gardner's categories of extraordinariness - Maker, Influencer, Master, Introspector. Least interesting and convincing was where Gardner attempts to find patterns that might be helpful for the rest of us: "Varieties of Extraordinariess" and "Lessons" (the final two sections) were rather heavy and finally unconvincing, and the (short) paragraphs on gurus and "spiritual leaders" were particularly uninformative and infelicitous.

Gardner writes well, as might be expected of a professor in Harvard's school of education, and knowledgeably. I sometimes felt, though, that one purpose of the book was to illustrate Gardner's own brilliance. The author's name and the book's title take up equal space on the cover.

An interesting book, and it certainly made me want to read more of Gardner's work, as well as learn more about the extraordinary people he writes about.

Great foundation to learn the right habits and methods to do a quality paint job. Well written and great photos.

Very very good manual, will be purchasing more books by John,

Thank you


Noel C

This is a great book for people who want to learn about show car custom painting. I like the fact how much the book talks about spray booth setup and safety issue. Personally, I would like to see more about the spray gun technology section as well. I need a little more depth about different guns features and capabilities. Jon did mention a few of the guns but not detail enough, as least for me. I also like how the book take you through the entire painting process step by step from body work to lay down the final coat. It's amazing how much is involve. One more section I was hoping to see is how to paint the under carriage for normal day to day driving cars. It would be nice to see how to prep and paint rust proof coating. I guess that might be out of the scoop for the subject of this book. All in all, I do like this book very much.

this was a very helpful and useful book that helped advance me to a higher level of painting !
Thankyou !

This book is really detailed out to everything from the setup of your equipment to spraying kandies!!
good knowledge for starting out on a project.