Across the Tracks: A Route 66 Story

by David King Dunaway

A radically different take on Route 66: not two guys in a Corvette, but the generations here since it was an Indian trail. David and Frannie encounter more than 66's environmental dangers, great food, ghosts--and their own wanderlust.

264 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

David King Dunaway received the first Ph.D. in American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, in folklore, history, and literature. For the last thirty years he has been documenting the life and work of Pete Seeger, resulting in How Can I Keep From Singing: Pete Seeger, published initially by McGraw Hill in 1981 and currently revised, updated, and republished by Villard Press at Random House in March, 2008. He has served as a visiting lecturer and Fulbright Scholar at the Universities of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Copenhagen University, Nairobi University, and the Universidad Nacional de Columbia. Author of a half dozen volumes of history and biography, his specialty is the presentation of folklore, literature, and history via broadcasting. Over the last decade he has been executive producer in a number of national radio series for Public Radio International; his reporting appears in NPRs Weekend Edition and All Things Considered. He is currently Professor of English at the University of New Mexico and Professor of Broadcasting at San Francisco State University. "

Reviews

[Jennifer Bohnhoff · Rating 1 out of 5]

I listened to this while making a trip across country. It sounded more like a PBS special than a book, and it was disjointed and many times repeated itself. I didn't learn much.

[Olivia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book. I loved the stories that Dunaway re-tells. I did find that there were many spelling errors and misprints that took away from the enjoyment of the book. I also found the relationship between Dunaway and his assistant a little awkward at times.