A Road Trip Story with Heart, Humor, & Hope! ---- Feels like a conversation with an old friend! If you are looking for a soul-warming escape, this is it.

WINNER of the 2025 American Writing Awards for non-fiction, travel story!

Book of the Year 2025 Awards Finalist for the Independent Author's Network in two categories: “Non-Fiction: Adventure” and “Travel!”

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As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary and the centennial of Route 66, there is renewed global curiosity about what America is beyond headlines and caricatures. HEARTLAND HIGHWAYS: IN SEARCH OF AMERICA arrives at that exact moment. It is a 33,321-mile road trip across big cities, small towns, tribal lands, farm roads, and forgotten main streets, written not to sell a myth but to test it against real conversations and long horizons.