Detailed map of American Lit's most epic road trips

[sparrowsong]

Cool link, if you enjoy looking at maps, or have read any of the books they used!


www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-obsessively-detailed-map-of-american-literatures-most-epic-road-trips?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page

[MrsAxilla]

That's really cool!

[aurora]

Is this description really true?

The Lost Continent, Bill Bryson. 1989. A sneering account of this exile's return from abroad and his re-acquaintance with his native country. Bryson seems to be reminded on almost every page of why he chose to leave it, and we of why we let him.

I have loved the other Bryson books I read (including A Walk in the Woods, which should probably appear on this map), so am curious what is the web site author's beef with this one (that I haven't read).

[dorothyinAus]

Interesting that none of the routes stop anywhere in Arkansas.

[dorothyinAus]

Jul 23, 2015 15:10:39 GMT -5 aurora said:

Is this description really true?

The Lost Continent, Bill Bryson. 1989. A sneering account of this exile's return from abroad and his re-acquaintance with his native country. Bryson seems to be reminded on almost every page of why he chose to leave it, and we of why we let him.

I have loved the other Bryson books I read (including A Walk in the Woods, which should probably appear on this map), so am curious what is the web site author's beef with this one (that I haven't read).

I started The Lost Continent and got about ⅓ of the way in before I gave up.  It's a pretty accurate description as far as I can tell.  I heard him speak last year about his latest book (the title of which I forget), but he was not incredibly complimentary to the US, though I was in Australia so the audience may have made a difference in his comments.

The Lost Continent is the only Bryson book I have not been able to get through.