Chris Epting
Auteur van James Dean Died Here: The Locations of America's Pop Culture Landmarks
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Chris Epting is the author of 30 travel and history books, including James Dean Died Here, Led Zeppelin Crashed Here, Hello It's Me and many others. He is also an award-winning travel writer and has contributed articles fox such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Westways and Travel + Leisure toon meer magazine. In addition, Epting is a veteran music journalist and recently co-wrote Def Leppard's Phil Collins memoir, Ad-renalized, and the John Oates memoir Change of Seasons. He is the creator and one of the hosts of the new docudrama series on the Reelz Channel, It Happened Here. Originally from New York, Chris now lives in Huntington Beach, California, with his wife and their two children. Above: The author at a baseball field in Dunsmuir, California, where Babe Ruth played in the 1920s. toon minder
Werken van Chris Epting
The Ruby Slippers, Madonna's Bra, and Einstein's Brain: The Locations of America's Pop Culture Artifacts (2006) 23 exemplaren
Elvis Presley Passed Here: Even More Locations of America's Pop Culture Landmarks (2005) 8 exemplaren
The Birthplace Book: A Guide to Birth Sites of Famous People, Places, and Things (2009) 3 exemplaren
All I Need to Know I Learned from KISS: Life Lessons from the Hottest Band in the Land (2012) 2 exemplaren
Huntington Beach Chronicles:: The Heart of Surf City (American Chronicles (History Press)) (2014) 1 exemplaar
Vanishing Orange County 15 Historic Pcs, CA (POA) (Postcards of America (Looseleaf)) (2008) 1 exemplaar
Adrenalized: Life, Def Leppard, and Beyond 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1961
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- New York, New York, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Opleiding
- Emerson College
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- 282
- Populariteit
- #82,539
- Waardering
- 3.6
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- 3
- ISBNs
- 46
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Organized thematically, and alphabetically within each thematic chapter, this will require some effort if you are looking for places to see on a trip you might be taking. If, however, you have some idea of what landmarks might be in that area, the entries will be easy to navigate. Rather than use a place name people might not recognize, the name associated with it is what the entry is listed under. Additionally, there are groupings within the chapters that list places connected to the same person.
Having stated all that, this is a fun book to read. While I did read the entire book, I didn't read it straight through. I started with chapters that most appealed to me and then jumped around. This actually offered me the opportunity to do two things. First, I used these entries as catalysts to look into many of the people and events more closely. Second, and this links to the previous paragraph, I started jotting down places I wanted to visit in parts of the country I go to, or through, regularly.
It was always fun when I would come across a place I had visited or, for some, I went by regularly at some time in my life. There were even a few places that I'm sure I passed but had no idea it was considered a pop culture landmark. I have to admit, I am looking forward to some of my future trips, though there are many places that have either been razed or that I just wouldn't feel comfortable stopping to gawk. That said, it doesn't mean I might not drive by and have a companion take a picture.
This is a fun reference book for places to visit as well as a fun book that might make an excellent bedside book for the nights you don't want to get back into a longer book you're reading, but still want to read a bit before sleep comes over you. But keep either a file open for notes or a pen and pad of paper handy for places to look up online or visit when you are not preparing to sleep.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.… (meer)