From Sea to Shining Sea: The USA Book

From Sea to Shining Sea
Lonely Planet journeys state-by-state through the USA

Lonely Planet is excited to announce the publication of The USA Book: A Journey Through America, a gorgeous coffee table book on the United States of America. The newest addition to the bestselling Travel Book series, The USA Book (September 2009) celebrates our country’s diversity with insightful observations and over 400 full-color photographs showcasing each state’s unique personality.  

Few countries offer as many sights, sounds, tastes and lifestyles under one banner as the USA. Around every curve of America’s 4 million miles of highways lies something unexpected. Just look at the landscape - purple mountains, Hawaiian volcanoes and Alaskan tundra, alligator swamps and buffalo ranges. Come mealtime, lobsters are cracked at Maine seafood shacks, while BBQ ribs sizzle on Tennessee roadhouse grills. Blues musicians twang in Mississippi juke joints, fiddle-fueled tunes pack dance floors in Texas honky-tonks, and rock bands thrash in Detroit clubs.

Features:
·More than 400 arresting photographs illustrating the unique qualities and diversity of the 50 states

·Information and engaging details on each state, including history, culture & traditions, politics, myths & legends, trademarks and essential experiences

·Organized by state with additional sections on popular themes, regional identities, road trips and US territories

· 65 color-coded maps help readers navigate between sections

·User friendly A-Z organization

·Two double-page spreads per state

The USA Book is a one-stop, comprehensive pictorial covering all corners of America and its territories. This beautiful book illustrates how a common thread joins together an enormous patchwork of communities and cultures in this ever transforming country.

To support the release of The USA Book: A Journey Through America, we have launched a travel video contest on YouTube™.  Contestants submit an original video at www.youtube.com/lonelyplanet, showcasing what they think makes their part of the USA unique. The Grand Prize is a video assignment for Lonely Planet in San Francisco valued at $10,000US. The contest ends on October 25, 2009. 

About the Book:
The USA Book: A Journey Through America
ISBN: 978-1-74104-732-5
$39.99, 256pp, full color, hardcover, 14”x10”
September 2009

Review copies available upon request
Lonely Planet US Travel Editor Robert Reid available for interviews
Select images/text excerpts available for reprint with permission

Contact: Rana Freedman at PressUSA@Lonelyplanet.com