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Need a vicarious summer vacation? Let this map be your guide
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Jul 31, 2015
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Need a vicarious summer vacation? Let this map be your guide
Summertime means vacation time. But what if you can't get away this year? Well, there's a map for that.
A screen shot of Richard Kreitner's map of 12 American road trip books, created for Atlas Obscura.
A screen shot of Richard Kreitner's map of 12 American road trip books, created for Atlas Obscura.
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Summertime means vacation time. But what if you can't get away this year? Well, there's a map for that.

Summertime means vacation time. But for those who can't get away this year — there's a map for that.

Richard Kreitner, freelance writer and staffer for The Nation, has taken the best road trip novels in all of American literature, and created a map of them. He joined the show to explain more.

To hear this segment, click on the audio above.