Destination Indiana: Travels Through Hoosier History

by Ray E. Boomhower

Based on Ray Boomhower's regular column in Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History, this lavishly illustrated guide highlights many of the beautiful and fascinating public historic sites located throughout Indiana and the many people who brought these places to prominence.

Hardcover

First published September 1, 2000

About the author

From famed World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle to unlucky astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, author and historian Ray E. Boomhower has produced books on a variety of notable figures in Indiana and American history.

Currently senior editor at the Indiana Historical Society Press, where he edits the quarterly popular history magazine Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History, Boomhower has also published books on the life of Civil War general and author Lew Wallace, reformer and peace activist May Wright Sewall, U.S. Navy ace Alex Vraciu, and journalist and diplomat John Bartlow Martin.

In 1998 he received the Hoosier Historian award from the Indiana Historical Society and in 2010 he was named winner of the Regional Author Award in the annual Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards. In 2009 his book Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Indiana Primary was selected as the winner in the historical nonfiction category of the annual Best Books of Indiana contest sponsored by the Indiana Center for the Book. His books have also been finalists in the annual Benjamin Franklin Awards from the Independent Book Publishers Association.

Reviews

[Monica · Rating 5 out of 5]

House sitting expands my available library considerably, and this is one of my favorite books that I've come across by just picking it up off of a coffee table. The brilliant pictures combined with the historical sites and stories in this book have perked my appetite for exploring more Indiana locations. I've only been to 3 of the sites listed in the book, ironically two sites in the same week this month, the Harrison home in Indianapolis, and the Gene S-P cabin in the woods. However, I now want to visit all of the highlighted sites, with the community of New Harmony at the top of the list! I'm planning to add this book to my own collection at some point, but it seems that copies are out of print, so it may be tricky to track down.