Good Books for US Road Trip?

Blue Highways by Wm Least Heat Moon

and a great website www.byways.org

This organization was offering a free book detailing scenic byways across our great country. I got one, but don't know if it's still offered.

For 1940's California history:

Last Days of The Late Great State of California
Remembering Manzanar
Ansel Adams-Letters
Harry Bridges on Trial
The Dream Endures
Embattled Dreams California in War and Peace
The Elusive Eden
La Nueva California
Crude Politics The California Crude Market
The King of California
Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat

Let's try this again:

For 1940's California history:
Last Days of The Late Great State of California, Remembering Manzanar, Ansel Adams-Letters, Harry Bridges on Trial,The Dream Endures, Embattled Dreams California in War and Peace, The Elusive Eden, La Nueva California, Crude Politics The California Crude Market, The King of California, Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat.

Funny how well placed commas makes life easier.....

John Steinbeck's Travels With Charlie.

Steinbeck would really be good.

Or try Bill Bryson - The Lost Continent, Made in America, Notes from a Big Country or my fave, The Thunderbolt Kid. I laughed so much reading this last one, people kept staring at me on the subway.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Its not really about the 1940's or the west coast, but I love the mindset it puts me in while traveling.

"Cannery Row" might be another good one, fitting with the time period and locale.

It doesn't fit in with the 1940's, but I love reading Kerouac's "On the Road" while on road trips out west.

Thank you all so much for your thoughtful replies! I really appreciate it. Happy Travels!.. armchair and not!