The Birthplace Book: A Guide to Birth Sites of Famous People, Places, and Things

by Chris Epting

Overview

More than 380 birthplaces profiled

Birthplaces of all 44 presidents

Packed with photos of people and places

Elvis, blue jeans, Abraham Lincoln, plutonium, Slinkys, Frank Sinatra, Cobb salad, Superman, Lucille Ball, e-mail, baseball, Mark Twain, flight, McDonalds, and hundreds of other notable people and things all have birthplaces. Some are gone and marked only by a plaque, but others have been preserved and even transformed into museums. This guidebook is packed with entries on American birthplaces of all sorts, taking travelers state-by-state to a variety of locations.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940000217566
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	06/04/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	939,462
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Chris Epting lives in Huntington Beach, California, and is the author of several travel guides, including Roadside Baseball (978-0-8920-4714-7) and James Dean Died Here: The Locations of America's Pop Culture Landmarks (978-1-891661-31-0). He is the spokesperson for Hampton Inn's Save-A-Landmark program.