Going West

About the Book

“Hard work and taking risks were part of the adventure.” On a hot Oklahoma City day in the summer of 1956, Marley and his best friend Stick climbed into a ’49 Chrysler and headed for Route 66. Their destination: Seattle, the farthest city away in the United States. With a stack of road maps, a collective worth of less than $300, and boundless determination, they set out on a road trip that would take them through plains and deserts and mountains, finally to lay eyes on the ocean for the first time. Along the way they encountered an assortment of characters both friend and foe, survived a variety of perils, and made new discoveries about each other and about themselves.

About the Author

EARLEY CARLTON CAMP, a retired U.S. Army Major, grew up in Oklahoma at the time of the Dust Bowl. After high school, he traveled Route 66 in an old Chevy, which inspired him to write a fictional story about the "Mother Road". He enjoyed travelling and lived in many states, as well as Korea and Japan. Coaching was his lifelong passion and he devoted much of his leisure time coaching youth in various sports. He most recently lived in Seaford, Delaware with his wife. This is his first novel, published posthumously.