Over its 2,000-mile length ranging from north to south are major metropolitan areas, regional cities, small towns, farmland, and forests. Author Christopher Clott takes you on a lively journey to see all that is along the road and nearby as it passes through a varied eight-state section of the United States. The past and present are intermingled here within controversial historical and current issues that remain part of the American journey. Packed with informative text, illustrations, photographs, and vignettes of interesting people and places encountered along the road, the book will enable readers to discover the country in ways that they may not have been experienced before.