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Image shows US Route 20, America's longest highway, running from Boston to Newport Oregon. The 3 Yankee Road book volumes are placed along the map.

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The Yankee Road Volume 2

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The Yankee Road Volume 3: Apotheosis

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About James McNiven

James D. McNiven, PhD is a Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University where he still teaches on a part-time basis. He is also senior policy research advisor with Canmac Economics Ltd. He has written widely on public policy and economic development issue and has coauthored several books. The Yankee Road trilogy, a project nearly 2 decades in the making, completed in late 2022.

What's New

The Yankee Road Volume 3: Apotheosis is here! The final instalment in this road trip trilogy launched late Fall 2022, completing the journey along America's longest highway, US 20. Volume 3 takes us from Chicago, site of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, westward across northern Illinois to the Pacific shore at Newport, Oregon. Follow The Yankee Road on Facebook & Twitter for more!

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Side Trips on the Yankee Road: The Blog

Author Jim McNiven shares stories from along Highway 20 in his regular blog. Learn more about the people, places and ideas that bring history to life along America’s longest highway. New blog pieces will feature previews and sidebars from the just released 3rd and final volume of The Yankee Road trilogy. Have you traveled The Yankee Road? We’d love to hear from you if you’ve got stories to share from your own travels along US 20. Have ideas you’d like discussed in the Side Trips blog? Get in touch!

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