About the Author

Karl Raitz is professor of geography at the University of Kentucky. He has edited or coauthored many books, including 'Theater of Sport,' also available from Johns Hopkins.

Reviews

"The perfect holiday gift volumes for friends and family members who are automotive travel nuts... These two volumes tell the U.S. Route 40 story as it has never been told before and will probably never be told again."--John Goodspeed, 'Easton Star-Democrat'"The story is admirably told...Scholarly in concept, but lively in style, the book retains a human dimension, encompassing everything from the development of roadside refreshment stands to the placing of a stone marker at the spot where President Martin Van Buren was accidentally dumped from his stagecoach."--'Parade Magazine'