Eric Peterson's
new Roadside Americana is delight
for anyone who loves roadside attractions. I
have been fortunate enough to visit at least
half of the tourist attractions he profiles,
but this collection of photographs is the best
assemblage of the truly amazing oft-called "tourist
traps" I have ever seen. Since I have been
to so many of the places the author visited
and thought I knew everything there was to know
about them, I was quite surprised to learn some
of the interesting factoids that he presents
in the accompanying text descriptions. Until
I read this book, I never knew that the Hollywood
sign in the hills above Los Angeles was originally
spelled Hollywoodland and was used as a real
estate promotion...[Read
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