The great American road trip
Subtitle: U.S. 1, Maine to Florida
By: Peter Genovese.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Genovese, Peter, 1952- -- Travel -- East (U.S.); East (U.S.) -- Description and travel.; East (U.S.) -- History, Local.; East (U.S.) -- Social life and customs.; United States Highway 1.
Description: "U.S. 1 runs through Boston, New York, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Miami, in addition to Caribou, Maine; Quonochontaug, Rhode Island; and Alma, Georgia.".

"Genovese spent two years on U.S. 1, talking to everyone from doughnut makers, dolphin trainers, and swamp guides to real Miami vice cops and the keeper of the National Parasite Collection. With his unerring eye for detail, sense of humor, and understanding of human nature, Genovese takes readers on a sometimes funny, sometimes sad, always illuminating 2,450-mile journey from Fort Kent, Maine, to Key West, Florida."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Map on endpapers.