The Highway 83 Chronicles welcomes guest bloggers. Email Stew Magnuson with your ideas! This week, reader Howard Pierpont writes about the circuitous route the newest book about Highway 83 took to reach its destination. Afterwards, check out the dates for the Last American Highway book tour taking place in Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota in April.
By HOWARD PIERPONT
Stew Magnuson of Arlington, Va., has just completed and
published the first book in a trilogy: The Last American Highway: A Journey Through Time Down U.S. Route 83: The Dakotas.
There are a group of people affectionately called ‘road geeks’ and are
followers of Fans of U.S. Route 83 on Facebook or the Highway 83 Chronicles
blogspot. When Stew announced the publication of the book, folks asked if they
could order copies. Stew was very accommodating, taking orders and making sure
copies were out in the mail before they were generally available. Each one was shipped in the same style
packaging and had a USPS tracking number associated with it. Most were
delivered without incident.
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| Mailbox. Cherry County, Nebraska. By Stew Magnuson |
One book was destined for
Weatherford, Texas, a mere 1,382 miles from the mailing point of
Arlington. The day after it was
mailed to book package had traveled to Greensboro, N.C., where it spent a
day. Presumably the book was
regaling the other packages about the tales of the Dakotas. When it headed out,
somehow the next destination was Allen Park, Mich. It was a short stay and then
went off to Warrendale, Penn. Here again, a full day stay, probably with other
like packages telling stories of the Great Highway. The next day started the
three day journey across county to Dallas, Texas. Not wanting to be left out of
the mix, Forth Worth, Texas, then invited the book to pass through its
facility. The stay would not be a long one as the book finally make it to the
proper destination later that same day.
The trip took 10 days to cover
the 2,457 miles from Arlington. This trip was 30 percent longer than the entire
1,885 miles covered by U.S. Route 83 and six states. The book still has not
crossed or traveled U.S. Route 83. This can truly be called a book tour.
Stew Magnuson will be doing
his own book tour in Nebraska and the Dakotas in mid April. He promises he will
not make people drive a postal truck. Stew and his Fans of U.S. Route 83 would
like thank the U.S. Postal Service for their support in touring the book!
Stew Magnuson is the author of The Last American Highway: A Journey Through Time Down U.S. Route 83: The Dakotas, now available at Amazon.com in paperback, or Kindle eReaders. To learn how
to order signed copies, message him at stewmag (a) yahoo.com.
Last
American Highway Book Tour 2014
Saturday,
April 19
A
to Z Books
507
N. Jeffers St (Hwy 83)
North
Platte, NE
Time: 2 p.m.
Stapleton,
NE
Early
Evening
Time
and Place TBD
Monday,
April 21
Main
Street Books
106
Main St.
Minot,
N.D.
(Signing,
meet and greet only)
Noon
to 1 p.m.
Minot
Public Library
Book
reading and presentation
6:30
p.m.
Tuesday,
April 22
Linton,
N.D.
Senior
Center
203
S. Broadway St.
6
p.m.
Wednesday, April 23
Bismarck
Historical Society
Bismarck
Public Library
6:30
p.m.
Thursday,
April 24
Prairie
Pages Bookstore
321
S. Pierre St.
Pierre,
S.D.
6
p.m.
Friday, April 25
Plains
Trading Company Bookstore
269
N. Main St. (Hwy 83)
Valentine,
NE
Noon,
(meet and greet, signing only)
Saturday,
April 26
Augustana
College
Dakota
Conference
Augustana College
Center for Western Studies
Sioux
Falls, South Dakota
Morning.
Time TBD
Book
signing: Noon
Sunday, April 27
Bookworm
Bookstore
8702
Pacific Street
Omaha,
NE
1
p.m.
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