When M. M. Justus decided to jump in the car and follow her nose, she had no idea where it would take her. This is a rich slice of Americana in the spirit of Steinbeck and Bryson, with a unique insight of what the country was like before and after 9/11.
Blue Highways, by William Least Heat Moon;
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck;
Lost Continent by Bill Bryson