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Super-Scenic Motorway: A Blue Ridge Parkway History

2 reviews
Anne Mitchell Whisnant

The University of North Carolina Press, 2006

Fascinating
"Super-Scenic Motorway" tells a fascinating history of the Blue Ridge Parkway -- just one small piece of the entire history, but an important and, as the author points out, a neglected one. At the heart of the book, Ms. Whisnant tells four stories to illustrate the impact of the political process, largely (but not exclusively) at the administrative level, on land acquisitions for the Parkway ...

Five Minutes Off the Motorway

1 review
Hugh Cantlie, Paul Cantlie

Cadogan Guides, 1995

A Break from The Motorways
This is a revised version of the book, just published and I have managed to get a copy. An excellent travellers book, if you like to avoid the expensive mediocrity of motorway service stations. As the (now sub-title) implies, all the places listed can be reached within 5 minutes of leaving the motorway. Anyone thinking of visiting the UK would do well to buy a copy of this revised book. The ...

Michelin Motorway Atlas of France Map No. 914 (Michelin Maps & Atlases)

1 review
Michelin Travel Publications

Michelin Travel Publications, 1999

Successful Superhighway Sessions
Unlike most atlases, this does not show the area of France; instead, it maps each strip of superhighway in France, with every bit of useful information for a motorist. It is a paperback about 4" x 10", and is revised every two years. Since there is nothing like this published for US highways, let's visualize, for example, that we are driving from Geneva to Macon along the Autoroute-40. So we ...

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The Complete Far Side 1980-1994 (2 vol set)
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
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Seabiscuit
Truman

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