James Dean Died Here: The Locations of America's Pop Culture LandmarksPacked with historical information, this travel guide explores the sites where pop culture history was made. With hundreds of photographs, this encyclopedic resource covers approximately 600 sites of the most famous and infamous pop culture events. The greatest landmarks from Americana, movies, music, tragedy, crime, television, and sports are included, such as where George Washington crossed the Delaware River the diner in the film Diner the site of the Planet of the Apes finale the Hindenburg crash site the Brady Bunch house and the location of the 1980 Olympic "Miracle on Ice" hockey team victory. This offbeat travelogue provides the armchair traveler or road warrior tourist with all the information needed to visit America's pop culture sites of significance.--From publisher description. |
Contents
The Weird and the Wonderful | 13 |
Celebrity Deaths and Infamous Celebrity Events | 131 |
Lets Go to the Movies | 173 |
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