Book Buzz
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August 2023: Hit the Road, Jack!
If You Seek a Pleasant Peninsula
Michigan Road Trips
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Under the Radar Michigan: The First 50 by Tom Daldin (DBC11181)
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Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip by Jeff Guinn (DB96360)
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Michigan Eco-Traveler: A Guide to Sustainable Adventures in the Great Lakes State by Sally Barber (DBC11044)
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Michigan Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff by Colleen Burcar (DBC03420)
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1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach: One Woman's Trek of the Perimeter of Lake Michigan by Loreen Niewenhuis (Series: DBC05891 / DBC05892 / DBC05893)
RV There Yet?
United States Road Trips
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Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain by Michael Paterniti (DB112942 / BR13332)
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Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America by Elizabeth Letts (DB107346 / BR24791 in process)
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Walking to Listen: 4,000 Miles Across America, One Story at a Time by Andrew Forsthoefel (DB88885)
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Road Swing by Steve Rushin (DB50322) - Baseball themed road trip.
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Route 66: The Mother Road by Michael Wallis (DB32610 / BR08600)
All's Wheel That Ends Wheel
Fictional Road Trips
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Road Trip by Beth O'Leary (DB103562) - Romance. On an epic road trip to a wedding in Scotland, sisters run into one of their ex-boyfriends, literally.
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Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (DB105197) - Historical Fiction. Brothers head out on a road trip to find their mother but are waylaid by some friends.
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The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver (DB27589 / BR09389) - Literary Fiction. A young woman from Kentucky has car trouble and acquires a passenger while on a road trip through the Southwest.
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On the Road by Jack Kerouac (DB31675 / BR18352) – Classic Literature. Beat generation youth roam America searching for identity and purpose.
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Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper (DB81286 / BRG03833) - Historical Fiction. Octogenarian leaves her Saskatchewan home intending to walk all the way to the Atlantic. She leaves her husband at home, but her neighbor sets out after her.
These books and more are available on digital cartridge (call the Library at 1-800-992-9012 to order) or for download from the National Library Service's (NLS) online Braille Audio Reading Download (BARD) database: https://nlsbard.loc.gov/
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