It Happened Right Here!: America’s Pop Culture Landmarks

Chris Epting created a new genre in book publishing with his titles James Dean Died Here: The Locations of Americas Pop Culture Landmarks, Elvis Presley Passed Here, and Marilyn Monroe Died Here, which introduced readers to a groundbreaking travel concept: the pop culture road trip. He has now produced It Happened Right Here: Americas Pop Culture Landmarks, which collects the best of the best from all of Eptings prior books and adds dozens and dozens of new sites, many of them based on the pop culture of the 21st century.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 480 pages
Publication date: 28 September 2023
Publisher: Santa Monica Press

When a trio of titles in the early 2000s—James Dean Died Here: The Locations of Americas Pop Culture Landmarks, Elvis Presley Passed Here, and Marilyn Monroe Dyed Here—were released to critical acclaim and introduced readers to a groundbreaking travel concept: the pop culture road trip, author Chris Epting established a new genre in book publishing. Epting promptly followed these hugely popular and influential titles with two more legendary books: Led Zeppelin Crashed Here and Roadside Baseball. A Booksense 76 pick at the time, James Dean Died Here was covered by such major news outlets as NPRs All Things Considered, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and Publishers Weekly. Everyone from Ken Burns to The Sporting News to the New York Post expressed their love for Roadside Baseball, while Led Zeppelin Crashed Here was recommended for all public libraries by Library Journal and outlets from the Associated Press to Newsday 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 produced It Happened Right Here: Americas Pop Culture Landmarks, which collects the best of the best from all of Eptings 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 Here once again takes you on a journey across North America to the exact locations where the most significant events in American popular culture took place. Its a road map for pop culture sites, from Patty Hearsts bank to the garage where Apple Computer was born. Fully updated, the book includes such new entries as: The locations featured in such television series as Stranger Things, Breakin.

Weight: 628g
Dimension: 154 x 231 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781595801203