Rick Antonson

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Rick Antonson's latest book is Slumach's Gold: In Search of a Legend - and a Curse (Heritage House Publishers, 2024). Rick is author of 5 acclaimed travel books including Train Beyond the Mountains: Journeys on the Rocky Mountaineer (Greystone, 2023) and Route 66 Still Kicks: Driving America's Main Street which The New York Times called "One of the best books of the bunch" in their Christmas travel book roundup, and To Timbuktu for a Haircut: A Journey Through West Africa (2013) which the Chicago Tribune noted as a "travel classic." Full Moon Over Noah's Ark: An Odyssey to Mount Ararat, also, Walking With Ghosts in Papua New Guinea: Crossing the Kokoda Trail in the Last Wild Place on Earth (Skyhorse, NY). Rick is the former CEO of Tourism V ...more

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Route 66 Still Kicks: Drivi...

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“Route 66 Still
Kicks Advance Praise for”
Rick Antonson, Route 66 Still Kicks: Driving America's Main Street

“We're tempted to think there'll be another day, another year, or another opportunity to do the things we want to do, once we find them. I've dead friends who thought that. I've watched infirmities rule out travel for others.”
Rick Antonson, Walking with Ghosts in Papua New Guinea: Crossing the Kokoda Trail in the Last Wild Place on Earth

“Don’t make plans. Just live.”
Rick Antonson, Full Moon over Noah's Ark: An Odyssey to Mount Ararat and Beyond

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