by brian » Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:37 am
Sept 7, 2012: NYTimes Book Review
Haunted Highways
In 1956 the Federal Aid Highway Act enacted the construction of ~43,000 miles of interstate highway. So folks could hit the road and see America!
However one tragic consequence of the Act was it also gave lunatics a chance to create terror, murder and mayhem.
The highway killing sprees started with Charles Starkweather (also the topic of a recent book) and included all sorts of killers.
See the new book
- KILLER ON THE ROAD
Violence and the American Interstate
By Ginger Strand
Illustrated. 252 pp. University of Texas Press. $25.
For information on an unfortunate side effect of the highway system.
Sept 7, 2012: NYTimes Book Review [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/books/review/killer-on-the-road-by-ginger-strand.html]Haunted Highways[/url]
In 1956 the Federal Aid Highway Act enacted the construction of ~43,000 miles of interstate highway. So folks could hit the road and see America!
However one tragic consequence of the Act was it also gave lunatics a chance to create terror, murder and mayhem.
The highway killing sprees started with Charles Starkweather (also the topic of a recent book) and included all sorts of killers.
See the new book
[b][list]KILLER ON THE ROAD
Violence and the American Interstate
By Ginger Strand
Illustrated. 252 pp. University of Texas Press. $25.[/list][/b]For information on an unfortunate side effect of the highway system.