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A Travel Guide To Basque America
Families, Feasts, and Festivals, 2nd EditionNancy Zubiri
University of Nevada Press, 2006
A Travel Guide to Basque America—the first-ever guide to America’s Basque-American communities, their history, culture, and festivals—has been a best-seller since it first appeared in 1998. This new edition lists dozens of new restaurants, Basque cultural clubs and cultural events, and hundreds of Basque-related Internet sites that have appeared since 1998. It also includes new information about recent events in the Basque Country, their impact on Basque-Americans, and new cultural and community efforts to preserve Basque culture in America. This is the essential guide for Basque-Americans seeking links to their ancient culture and its homeland and their counterparts in the U.S., as well as for any traveler interested in exploring one of this country’s most vibrant and fascinating ethnic minorities.
On the Heartland Road
A Travel Guide to Midwest HistoryCynthia Clampitt
University of Illinois Press, 2027
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.