Street Smarts: From Footpath to Freeway―A Miscellany

TK-page paperback / 5.5" x 8.5" / ISBN 9781589882119Publication date 2/24/26 (available for preorder)Travel through the endless lore of roads, turnpikes, highways, and whatever byways humans have put on Earth in these short, funny, and interconnected essays.  Deborah Warren is a sure and entertaining guide to nearly every road-related topic out there—from odonymy (the study of street names) to map-making techniques to the history of the world’s most celebrated lanes. Did you know... The word “travel” derives from Latin tripaliare: “to trouble” (literally “impale with three stakes; torture”). The length of the parasang, used in Arabia and Persia, was a day’s walk: hence its distance was a function of climate and terrain—i.e, longer under smooth conditions. Realtor.com reports that streets with female names are higher-value than ones with male names. Street names in the US include Bucket of Blood Street (Holbrook, AZ), Divorce Court (Heather Highlands, PA), Haviture Way (Eugene, OR), We