Storyville USA

Storyville USA
by Dale Peterson

This is a non-fiction book that combines two of my nerdy favorites: road trips and research for nerdy things. Storyville is the tale of a father and his two children who drive across the US visiting towns with unique names. Their goal is to find out why Between, Georgia and Sleepy Eye, MN are named the way they are. Of course, they visit a ton of places and meet the locals who are, usually, happy to share what they know. The trip starts in Start, Louisiana, and ends all the way at the Arctic Ocean in Alaska. While the author is, at times, a bit wordy and occasionally wanders off task, this was still an enjoyable read. He writes like people talk, and the whole experiment sounds like a whole lot of fun. Good reading, and makes me want to do a little more map reading and research. I am such a geek! :)

©1999, The University of Georgia Press
ISBN 0-8203-2151-6