On the Heartland Road: A Travel Guide to Midwest History

In On the Heartland Road, Cynthia Clampitt continues the story begun in her popular travel guide Destination Heartland. Clampitt’s survey this time around focuses on Midwestern sites, towns, and museums dedicated to events and changes that took place in the post-WW1 twentieth century. Organizing the guide by themes, Clampitt inspires readers to see, hear, touch, and taste a wide range of unheralded and famous historical sites, including: birthplaces, childhood homes, and museums of U.S. Presidents; settings of important technological and scientific innovations; locations connected to noteworthy individuals or groups; important places in music, art, sports, and other parts of American life. A companionable handbook, On the Heartland Road invites readers on an odyssey of entertainment and education across the American Midwest.