It Happened Right Here!Author :
Paperback
Published : Thursday 28 September 2023
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Author Chris Epting established a new genre in book publishing when a trio of titles in the early 2000sâ?"James Dean Died Here: The Locations of Americaâ?Ts Pop Culture Landmarks,A Elvis Presley Passed Here,A andA Marilyn Monroe Dyed Hereâ?"were released to critical acclaim and introduced readers to a groundbreaking travel concept: The pop culture road trip. Epting promptly followed these hugely popular and influential titles with two more legendary books:A Led Zeppelin Crashed HereA andA Roadside Baseball. AA Booksense 76A pick at the time,A James Dean Died HereA was covered by such major news outlets as NPRâ?TsA "All Things Considered,"A USA Today,A Los Angeles Times,A andA Publishers Weekly. Everyone from Ken Burns toA The Sporting NewsA to theA New York PostA expressed their love forA Roadside Baseball, whileA Led Zeppelin Crashed HereA was recommended for all public libraries byA Library JournalA and outlets from theA Associated PressA toA NewsdayA encouraged any fan of rock and roll history to buy the book. Now, in honor of the 20th anniversary of James Dean Died Here, Epting has producedA It Happened Right Here: Americaâ?Ts Pop Culture Landmarks, which collects the best of the best from all of Eptingâ?Ts prior books, and then adds dozens and dozens of new sites, many of them based on the pop culture of the 21st century. It Happened Right HereA once againA takes you on a journey across North America to the exact locations whereA the most significant events in American popular culture took place. Itâ?Ts a road map for pop culture sites, from Patty Hearstâ?Ts bank to theA garage where Apple Computer was born. Fully updated, the book includes such new entries as:â?¢ The locations featured in such television series asA Stranger Things,A Breaking Bad, andA Curb Your Enthusiasmâ?¢ Locations celebrating the legacy of legendary musician Princeâ?¢ The dorm room where Facebook was createdâ?¢ The location of the opening freeway sequence fromA La La Landâ?¢ The locations featured in the cult filmA Napoleon Dynamiteâ?¢ The Jay-Z, Beyonce, Solange elevator incidentâ?¢ The Jussie Smollett Subway sandwich shop locationâ?¢ Steve Bartman's seat location at Wrigley Fieldâ?¢ and dozens and dozens of other new sites!Featuring hundreds of photographs, this fully illustrated, updated, and revised encyclopedic look at the locations of the most famous and infamous popA culture events includes the fascinating history of over a thousand landmarksâ?"as well as their exact location. With up-to-date information for theA sites included in Eptingâ?Ts five original titles, plus dozens and dozens of new additions,A It Happened Right HereA is an amazing portrait of the bizarre, shocking, weird and wonderful moments that have come to define American popular culture.
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