Big news! My book, 'The Great American Retro Road Trip,' is available for preorder

The book is a coast-to-coast adventure celebrating roadside Americana!

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! The Retrologist has written a book!

I’m so excited to announce that you can preorder my first book “The Great American Retro Road Trip” right now! You can buy it wherever you get your books.

“The Great American Retro Road Trip” hits bookstores everywhere on June 24, but I'd be so grateful if you could get your preorders in now, especially if you enjoy my Instagram or newsletter! (Hint hint: My book makes a great gift ahead of the summer travel season!)

So what’s in the book? The short answer is so many things I love about America, 320 pages of it! I tackled the country coast to coast, dividing the chapters by region, and, within those chapters, I have shared stories and photos about roadside quirks, restaurants, bars, motels, candy stores, ice-cream stands, fast-food chains and more.

Plus, the book is teeming with sidebars (I call them “Pullovers!” because that’s what you’ll want to do when you see these places for yourself) with tasty nuggets of cultural context. It’s all tied together by the storytelling you’ve come to expect from me, along with hundreds of photos.

Is this a coffee table book? You could certainly put it on your coffee table and I promise it’ll look great there. But the book is meant to be leafed through, bookmarked, dog-eared and carried around.

Some of the distinctly American places I had the pleasure to visit for my book, "The Great American Retro Road Trip." That's yours truly in the last photo, in Front Royal, Virginia.

These places I'm sharing are manifestations of American ingenuity, creativity, and community. They are part of our communal story, and I see these nostalgic holdouts as sacred places, worthy of adoration, each fascinating subjects of pilgrimage.

I invite you to join me on the road by preordering “The Great American Retro Road Trip” today!