Fodor's Road Guide USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, 1st Edition

by FODOR'S

• ISBN13: 9780679005056
• ISBN10: 0679005056
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2001-04-10
• Publisher: Fodor's

Summary

In Fodor's Road Guide USA you'll find everything you need for a great road trip -- whether you're going across the country or to a family reunion in the next state over. In this guide to Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, you'll findthousands of listings of things to see and doas well ashotels and restaurants in all price rangesin major cities, suburbs, small towns, and the countryside. Other essential trip planning resources include lively state and town introductions, climate charts, historical timelines, festival and events, rules of the road, sidebars filled with great tips,driving and walking tours,exact prices,web sites, andfull-color highway maps. Other Great Fodor's Guides.The perfect companion to Fodor's Road Guide USA is our Compass American Guide series-fully illustrated cultural guides to destinations across the USA. To find out more about the guides listed below, type the title in the keyword box. *Fodor's Compass American Guide: New Orleans: A full-color guide, providing in-depth coverage of the history, culture, and character of New Orleans.

Table of Contents

Great Road Trips	v
How to Use This Book	vi
Alabama	3	(102)
Boxes
Vacation Countdown	31	(26)
Music in Muscle Shoals	57	(8)
Kodak's Tips for Taking Great Pictures	65	(11)
Hanging Around with Spanish Moss	76
Maps
Alabama Black Belt Driving Tour	12	(3)
Alabama Gulf Coast Driving Tour	15	(90)
Arkansas	105	(124)
Boxes
Useful Extras You May Want to Pack	129	(20)
Kodak's Tips for Photographing Landscapes and Scenery	149	(26)
Scenic Drives, Wildflowers, Back-Country Driving Trails	175	(17)
Ozark Mountain Crafts	192	(15)
Ozark Folk Center State Park	207	(20)
Top Tips for Travelers	227
Maps
Crowley's Ridge National Scenic Byway Drive	115	(5)
Scenic 7 Byway Drive	120	(109)
Louisiana	229	(142)
Boxes
Car Rental Tips	252	(15)
Kodak's Tips for Photographing People	267	(9)
What's Cooking?	276	(6)
Cajun Country	282	(11)
Cities of the Dead	293	(11)
Packing Ideas for Hot Weather	304	(16)
Carnival	320	(27)
Jazz	347	(10)
Kodak's Tips for Using Lighting	357	(12)
Vacation Countdown	369
Maps
Mississippi River Plantations Drive	241	(3)
Shreveport to Poverty Point Along 1-20	244	(127)
Mississippi	371	(98)
Boxes
Clarksdale: Deep in the Delta Blues	391	(8)
Mississippi Music	399	(6)
Kodak's Tips for Photographing Weather	405	(18)
Your First-Aid Travel Kit	423	(18)
Literary Mississippi	441	(2)
The Gulf Coast	443	(5)
Kodak's Tips for Night Photography	448	(3)
The Great River Road	451	(4)
Tupelo: Where a King Was Born	455	(12)
Kodak's Tips for Taking Great Pictures	467
Maps
Historic River Cities and the Natchez Trace Driving Tour	380	(3)
Mississippi Gulf Coast Driving Tour	383	(86)
Tennessee	469	(157)
Boxes
Your Car's First-Aid Kit	486	(13)
The Trail of Tears	499	(13)
The Natchez Trace Parkway	512	(24)
A Tennessee Utopia	536	(32)
Memphis Barbecue	568
The Tennessee Walking Horse	554	(18)
Kodak's Tips for Photographing the City	572	(13)
The Tennessee Fox Trot Carousel	585	(14)
Packing Ideas for Cold Weather	599	(4)
What to Put in the Toy Tote for Kids	603
Maps
A Driving Tour Along the Edge of the Great Smoky Mountains	479	(2)
Driving Tour from Franklin to Memphis	481	(43)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	524	(102)
Index	626