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. |
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... actor Hugh Grant picked up hooker Divine Brown here on Sunset Boulevard . Busted in the act just a few blocks away , Grant ultimately received probation and paid a small fine . Rather than harm his career , if anything , the incident ...
... actor Hugh Grant picked up hooker Divine Brown here on Sunset Boulevard . Busted in the act just a few blocks away , Grant ultimately received probation and paid a small fine . Rather than harm his career , if anything , the incident ...
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... actor Sal Mineo ( Rebel Without a Cause ) was stabbed to death by a robber in the carport behind his apartment building , in February of 1976. The 37 - year old actor had been in the stages of trying to shed his teen- random act of ...
... actor Sal Mineo ( Rebel Without a Cause ) was stabbed to death by a robber in the carport behind his apartment building , in February of 1976. The 37 - year old actor had been in the stages of trying to shed his teen- random act of ...
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... actor in the 1920s and easily the most famous cowboy actor of his era . By the mid - 1930s though , he had made his last picture , and by 1940 Mix's pop- ularity had waned . He had come to Phoenix for a promotional visit at a downtown ...
... actor in the 1920s and easily the most famous cowboy actor of his era . By the mid - 1930s though , he had made his last picture , and by 1940 Mix's pop- ularity had waned . He had come to Phoenix for a promotional visit at a downtown ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
The Weird and the Wonderful | 13 |
History and Tragedy | 43 |
Copyright | |
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