James Dean died here
Subtitle: the locations of America's pop culture landmarks
By: Chris Epting.
Publisher: Santa Monica Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Historic sites -- United States -- Guidebooks.; Popular culture -- United States -- History.; United States -- Guidebooks.; United States -- History, Local.
Genres: Guidebooks.
Description: Packed with historical information, this travel guide explores the sites where pop culture history was made. With hundreds of photographs, this encyclopedic resource covers approximately 600 sites of the most famous and infamous pop culture events. The greatest landmarks from Americana, movies, music, tragedy, crime, television, and sports are included, such as where George Washington crossed the Delaware River the diner in the film Diner the site of the Planet of the Apes finale the Hindenburg crash site the Brady Bunch house and the location of the 1980 Olympic "Miracle on Ice" hockey team victory. This offbeat travelogue provides the armchair traveler or road warrior tourist with all the information needed to visit America's pop culture sites of significance.--From publisher description.
Table of contents: title: Americana: the weird and the wonderful; title: History and tragedy; title: Crime, murder, and assassination; title: Celebrity deaths and infamous celebrity events; title: Let's go to the movies; title: R & B, rock 'n' roll, and all that jazz; title: Channel surfing; title: Play ball!