| The Complete Roadside Guide to Nebraska Contributor(s): Boye, Alan (Author), Hansen, Ron (Preface by), Morris, Wright (Preface by) |
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ISBN: 0803259689 ISBN-13: 9780803259683 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2007 Annotation: The second edition of "The Complete Roadside Guide to Nebraska" represents a major enlargement and revision of the first edition, making this the most comprehensive guide to the state ever written. The book covers over twelve thousand miles in all ninety-three counties of the "state where the West begins." Here readers can become acquainted with numerous folklore tales and discover the locations of thousands of historical sites, burials, pioneer roads, museums, and other wonders of the Cornhusker State. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | United States - Midwest - General |
| Dewey: 796.709 |
| LCCN: 2006031824 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.05" W x 8.98" (1.48 lbs) 496 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Plains - Geographic Orientation - Nebraska - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The second edition of The Complete Roadside Guide to Nebraska represents a major enlargement and revision of the first edition, making this the most comprehensive guide to the state ever written. The book covers over twelve thousand miles in all ninety-three counties of the "state where the West begins." Here readers can become acquainted with numerous folklore tales and discover the locations of thousands of historical sites, burials, pioneer roads, museums, and other wonders of the Cornhusker State. Alan Boye is a Nebraska native with an affinity for back roads and offbeat historic moments. He is a professor of English at Lyndon State College in Vermont and the author of Tales from the Journey of the Dead: Ten Thousand Years on an American Desert (Nebraska 2006) and Holding Stone Hands: On the Trail of the Cheyenne Exodus, available in a Bison Books edition. Ron Hansen, a Nebraska native, is the author of Isn't It Romantic? and Hitler's Niece. Wright Morris was a native Nebraskan and the author of Field of Vision and Plains Song, both winners of the National Book Award. |