Contents

Author’s Note

Introduction

PART ONE: FROM HERE . . .

One: Outward Bound

Two: Jersey Boys

Three: Oh, Shenandoah

Four: Gone to Carolina

Five: Tennessee Waltz

Six: Tupelo Honey

PART TWO: TO THERE . . .

Seven: Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?

Eight: Every Dog Will Have His Day

Nine: Texas Two-Step

Ten: This Land Is Your Land

Eleven: Get Your Kicks on Route 66

Twelve: Grand Canyon Sweet

Thirteen: California Dreamin’

PART THREE: . . . AND BACK AGAIN

Fourteen: North Up to Oregon

Fifteen: Running on Empty

Sixteen: Coming Home

Acknowledgments