Highway History Bibliography

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General and Travel

Crosse, Jesse, The Greatest Movie Car Chases of All Time, Motorbooks, 2006. (Discusses the craft behind great movie chases and includes the author's Top 20.) (listed 06/20/07)

Gruskin, Paul, Rockin' Down the Highway (Voyageur Press, 2006). The book jacket describes this book as a heavily illustrated "history of the long and winding interplay between rock & roll and the automobile." (listed 03/31/08)

Jakle, John A., Sculle, Keith A., Rogers, Jefferson S., The Gas Station in America, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. (The history, architecture, and business of gas stations.) (listed 08/27/07)

Wallis, Michael, and Williamson, Michael S., The Lincoln Highway: Coast to Coast from Times Square to the Golden Gate, W. W. Norton, 2007. (Wallis, author of one of the best books on U.S. 66, and Williamson turn to the Lincoln Highway for what the book calls "The Great American Road Trip." Chapters on the trip through each Lincoln Highway State.) (listed 07/02/07)

Wollen, Peter, and Kerr, Joe, Editors, Autopia: Cars and Culture, Reaktion Books, 2002. (Collection of new and reprinted essays on the consequences of a century of driving. Topics include cars and architecture, advertising, art, cities, music, national identity, semiotics, and traffic jams.) (listed 06/20/07)