Lonely Is the Road: U.S. 50: A Journey across the Heartland

"What a great book. I've read it twice with more enjoyment each time." That's not a promotion blurb, that's a comment from Bill Jackson, curator of the Peabody (Kan.) printing museum, about "Lonely is the Road." Carol McNew of Cotopaxi, Colo., notes, 'We were really impressed. We always appreciate someone who looks at U..S. 50 and our beautiful country with the eye to beauty." The Garden City (Kan.) Telegram calls the book, A good read." "Informative, entertaining a joy to read," says others. "Lonely Is The Road" reveals the vastness of America, its people and its small towns, be they in the hills of Missouri, the prairies of Kansas, the mountains of Colorado, the mesas and buttes of Utah or the deserts of Nevada. Visit with the author as he stops at hundreds of historic towns, villages little known outside of their areas, like Knob Noster and Sedalia in Missouri, Florence, Cimarron and Halstead in Kansas, Salida, Gunnnison and Montrose in Colorado, Salina and Mom's Cafe in Utah, and Ely, Eureka and Virginia City in Nevada. Join with him as he explores U.S. 50, sometimes called America's Loneliest Road. Available from Backroads Press.Trogdon, Wendell is the author of 'Lonely Is the Road: U.S. 50: A Journey across the Heartland', published 2001 under ISBN 9780964237186 and ISBN 0964237180.