Books
and Articles
Route 66, the infancy of the American auto industry, and road trips. Sharing America’s story and inspiring road trips by telling people where to go. It’s what we do at Jim Hinckley’s America!
Ghost Towns of Route 66 – The Big Book of Car Culture – The Route 66 Encyclopedia – 23 books published to date!
And our feature articles appear in leading travel and history publications as we share stories of America’s most fascinating places and people.
Digital
Content
If you have a pssion for discovering America with road trips join our international community of passionate enthusiasts.
Check out our YouTube channel for engaging video content, shared adventures, and on Sunday mornings at the virtual diner that is Coffee With Jim, our weekly podcast.
From time capsule diners to ghost towns, dusty trails and legendary Route 66, Jim Hinckley’s America is a shared adventure.
Coffee With Jim Podcast
Tune in weekly to the Coffee With Jim podcast on our YouTube channel for conversations with fascinating guests from tourism directors and film producers to historians and adventurers. Each episode is a shared adventure that brings fresh perspectives on travel, preservation, community development and the enduring appeal of the great American road trip.
Coffee With JIm on Podbean is your invitation to join us for a bit of time travel. Each week we introduce listeners to fascinating chapters in the American story and to the people that built America.
Latest Articles
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Coffee With Jim: Cheerful Idiots and Road Trips
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mnqk2-1b75266 Cheerful idiots and road trips seem to go together, that was the conclusion derived at by a writer for Outing magazine in March 1905. Today the accounts of early automobile owners, manufacturers and their road trip adventures are an endless source of fascination. Let me introduce you to Elmer Lovejoy. In 1892 he rode…
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Cheerful Idiots and road trips
Cheerful idiots and road trips seem to go together. That was the conclusion derived at by a writer for Outing magazine in March 1905. The book Motoring West: Volume 1 Automobile Pioneers 1900 to 1909 edited by Peter J. B;odgett is a treasure. It is also a time capsule filled with snapshots from the dawning…
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Coffee With Jim: Edsel’s Grand Adventure
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fsehs-1b6c6d2 Alexander Winton attempted a grand road trip in 1901. His epic cross country adventure came to an abrupt end in the desert sands of Nevada. A dozen years later thousands of adventuresome travelers were discovering America with road trips. By motorcycle and by automobile Edsel Ford, Emily Post, Bessie Stringfield, Effie Hotchkiss, A. L.…
Professional Services
Discover America with road trips and let Jim Hinckley’s America be your guide to adventures on the open road.
Custom tour development and consulting
Speaking engagements and presentations
Tourism development projects for communities
Community Educational program creation
Whether you’re planning your first Route 66 odyssey or are looking for ideas on how to harness tourism as a catalyst for economic development and historic district revitalization, we’re here to tell you where to go – in the best possible way.
We write feature articles for magazines and for tour company newsletters, blogs for clients of Talisman Magic Marketing, community visitors guides, and develop community education programs.
We also add smile inducing programs to conferences, festivals, tours, and conventions.
We share America’s story and inspire road trips.
What can we do for you?
Deana Nelson is more than a sponsor of Jim Hinckley’s America, she is a hometown hero that shares our passion for the American story and road trips –