The straightest line between two points is seldom the most scenic or the most enjoyable. Real America lies beyond the interstates, out past the major cities, out in the bucolic wonder of rural America. Volume II - Indiana At Random - "Winding Are The Roads - Slow Lanes/Scenic Routes" details 23 serpentine roads that coil up steep hills with jagged curves, then open onto endless vistas blanketed in green by dense forests. The roads descend as twistingly as a deflating balloon, bottom out at narrow gorges, then ascend other circuitous elevations that open to new panoramas. It is more than a book about roads. It's about the 125 towns and cities along their routes and the people - proud to call themselves Hoosiers - that travelers meet along the way. The author takes readers to places like Canaan, a tiny town with an Indian heritage and an annual festival where Pony Express riders deliver authentic U.S. mail to nearby cities; historic Troy where a statue of Christ rises above the Ohio River, and scores of other villages with hidden treasures. Look in book stores for this new title.