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The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke Republic of Detours: How the New Deal Paid Broke Writers to Rediscover America West of Wheeling: How I Quit My Job, Broke the Law & Biked to a Better Life An American Sunrise: Poems Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West Hillbilly Queer: A Memoir The Best American Travel Writing 2021
Another Fine Mess Explore Every Day 1: 365 Daily Prompts to Refresh Your Life Gateway State: Hawai'i and the Cultural Transformation of American Empire This America: The Case for the Nation Overground Railroad: The Green Book & Roots of Black Travel in America Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi
The Lager Queen of Minnesota Volcanoes, Palm Trees, and Privilege: Essays on Hawai'i Pizza Quest: My Never-Ending Search for the Perfect Pizza South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Hawai'i Southbound: Essays on Identity, Inheritance, and Social Change How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West Best American Travel Writing 2019 Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown's Most Stylish Seniors El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad In Pursuit of Jefferson: Traveling Through Europe with the Most Perplexing Founding Father The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America's Forgotten Capital of Vice

US Travel Books

By The Statesider

By The Statesider

US Travel Books

US travel books reviewed by The Statesider all in one handy place. What counts as a US travel book? American cultures, regional foods, music scenes, cities and landscapes, flora and fauna, nonfiction and fiction, even the occasional cookbook and poetry collection. America encompasses many things and many perspectives — so does this list. For our reviews, see statesider.us/us-travel-books/

Pizza Quest: My Never-Ending Search for the Perfect Pizza

Pizza Quest: My Never-Ending Search for the Perfect Pizza

Peter Reinhart

$21.99
$20.45
In Pursuit of Jefferson: Traveling Through Europe with the Most Perplexing Founding Father

In Pursuit of Jefferson: Traveling Through Europe with the...

Derek Baxter

$27.99
$26.03
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to...

Imani Perry

$28.99
$26.96
Southbound: Essays on Identity, Inheritance, and Social Change

Southbound: Essays on Identity, Inheritance, and Social Change

Anjali Enjeti

$24.95
$23.20
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of...

Clint Smith

$29.00
$26.97
The Best American Travel Writing 2021

The Best American Travel Writing 2021

$16.99
$15.80
West of Wheeling: How I Quit My Job, Broke the Law & Biked to a Better Life

West of Wheeling: How I Quit My Job, Broke the Law & Biked to...

Jeffrey Tanenhaus

$28.75
Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Hawai'i

Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Hawai'i

$34.44
Republic of Detours: How the New Deal Paid Broke Writers to Rediscover America

Republic of Detours: How the New Deal Paid Broke Writers to...

Scott Borchert

$30.00
$27.90
Hillbilly Queer: A Memoir

Hillbilly Queer: A Memoir

J. R. Jamison

$19.95
$18.55
The Lager Queen of Minnesota

The Lager Queen of Minnesota

J Ryan Stradal

$17.00
$15.81
Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown's Most Stylish Seniors

Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown's Most...

Valerie Luu and Andria Lo

$24.95
$23.20
Gateway State: Hawai'i and the Cultural Transformation of American Empire

Gateway State: Hawai'i and the Cultural Transformation of...

Sarah Miller-Davenport

$54.00
Another Fine Mess

Another Fine Mess

Tim Moore

$19.95
The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi

The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi

Richard Grant

$26.00
$24.18
Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country

Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country

Chavisa Woods

$15.95
Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West

Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest...

David Wolman and Julian Smith

$16.99
$15.80
Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West

Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West

Lauren Redniss

$30.00
$27.90
The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America's Forgotten Capital of Vice

The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise...

David Hill

$28.00
$26.04
Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad

Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who...

Gordon H. Chang

$16.99
$15.80
Overground Railroad: The Green Book & Roots of Black Travel in America

Overground Railroad: The Green Book & Roots of Black Travel...

Candacy Taylor

$35.00
$32.55
An American Sunrise: Poems

An American Sunrise: Poems

Joy Harjo

$25.95
$24.13
El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America

El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America

Carrie Gibson

$20.00
$18.60
Explore Every Day 1: 365 Daily Prompts to Refresh Your Life

Explore Every Day 1: 365 Daily Prompts to Refresh Your Life

Alex Leviton and Lonely Planet

$14.99
Volcanoes, Palm Trees, and Privilege: Essays on Hawai'i

Volcanoes, Palm Trees, and Privilege: Essays on Hawai'i

Liz Prato and Cole Gerst

$15.95
$14.83

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