The Impossible Road Trip - by Eric Dregni (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><i>The Impossible Road Trip</i> explores the roadside of all of America's 50 states, recalling the golden age of car travel with histories and color photos of iconic roadside attractions, as well as unique map illustrations.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Filled with color photography, entertaining site descriptions and histories, and five unique infographic map illustrations, <i>The Impossible Road Trip </i>is your ultimate look back at America's most famous--and quirkiest--roadside attractions, past and present.</b> <p/> The great American road trip is back. With its advantages for your health, budget, and the environment, now is the time to <b>plan the road trip you have always dreamed of taking</b>. <p/> Following in the great tradition of the mid-century golden age of car travel, join the new wave of road warriors with a targeted itinerary chosen from the <b>150 roadside attractions</b> explored in this colorful guide. From <b>famous to quirky</b> and <b>covering all 50 states</b>, author Eric Dregni gives you an unprecedented look at the breadth of roadside attractions in the US, illustrated in part by the photography of <b>architectural critic and photographer John Margolies </b>(1940-2016). <b>Specially commissioned infographic map illustrations </b>capture the spirit of mid-century automobile travel. <p/> Each site depicted is accompanied by a <b>lively and insightful history </b>and <b>color imagery</b>. From autumnal New England to the gothic South, from the homey Midwest to the great expanses of the Desert Southwest, the dizzying heights of the Rocky Mountains, and the breathtaking Pacific Coast, <i>The Impossible Road Trip </i>encompasses it all: <ul><li>Neon-shrouded motels</li><li>Mimetic architecture</li><li>Tourist traps</li><li>Roadside sculpture</li><li>And much more</li></ul> You'll see sites both famous and esoteric, including the <b>Cardiff Giant</b> in Cooperstown, New York; the <b>five-story Haines Shoe House</b> in York, Pennsylvania; <b>Solomon's Castle</b> in Florida; the <b>world's largest fish</b> in Hayward, Wisconsin; one of several <b>Paul Bunyan statues</b>; <b>Bob's Big Boy</b> in Burbank, California; and so many more. <p/> With <i>The Impossible Road Trip</i> in hand, set out to <b>discover the nation's oft-overlooked nooks and crannies</b>.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>"Reading this book can act like a guide for what to expect to know and understand about each place's monuments and the significance of why it was discovered, built, and rebuilt in the state it was from.</i>--<i><b>The Sword</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Eric Dregni </b>is professor of English, journalism, and Italian at Concordia University in St. Paul. His obsessions range from motor scooters, about which he has authored and co-authored five books, to futuristic jet packs to oversized fiberglass town monuments to Zamboni ice resurfacers. He's turned his fixations into twenty books including <i>Impossible Road Trip, Let's Go Fishing, </i> <i>Follies of Science: 20th Century Visions of our Fantastic Future, Weird Minnesota, Midwest Marvels, Ads That Put America on Wheels, </i> and <i>Let's Go Bowling!</i> Dregni worked in Italy for five years as a travel journalist and wrote about the experience in <i>Never Trust a Thin Cook</i>. In the summer, he is dean of the Italian Concordia Language Village, <i>Lago del Bosco</i>, in northern Minnesota, which also became a book: <i>You're Sending Me Where?</i> He lives in Minneapolis. </p>
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