"Each of the fifty states is represented by important people, ideas, and events in the history of the United States"--Provided by publisher.

"In April 1916, Nell Richardson and Alice Burke set out from New York City in a little yellow car, embarking on a bumpy, muddy, unmapped journey ten thousand miles long. They took with them a teeny typewriter, a tiny sewing machine, a wee black kitten, and a message for Americans all across the country: Votes for Women! The women's suffrage movement was in full swing, and Nell and Alice would not let anything keep them from spreading the word about...

Film director John Waters hitchhikes across America from Baltimore to San Francisco, braving lonely roads and treacherous drivers.

The author describes his return to America after two decades of living abroad and his disconcerting reunion with his homeland as he discusses motels, tax-return instructions, and hardware stores.

Learn about amazing fact, sites, and activities related to each state in the U.S.