Ohio author William Flood hosts book signing in Cambridge

Ohio writer William Flood will be signing copies of his book, "Driving the National Road and Route 40 in Ohio: Then and Now," from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, at the Crossroads Branch Library, 63500 Byesville Road.

Last year, Flood released his book on one of the country’s most significant highways.

Part history book and part travelog, the book takes readers on a visual journey across Ohio along the figurative and often literal Main Streets of villages, small cities, and even modern Columbus to show how this route has evolved, according to a press release.

The book’s 150 pages are filled with “then and now” images that spotlight historic landmarks, bridges, taverns, theaters, motels, restaurants, and even forgotten segments of roadway that comprise the route’s story in Ohio .

Flood is a freelance historian and writer specializing in heritage tourism and twentieth century commercial culture.

He has written extensively on subjects such as vintage highways, roadside architecture, tiki culture, and 1950s modernism.

He became fondly acquainted with the National Road as a long-time resident of both Maryland and Ohio.

Flood serves on the board of the Ohio National Road Association and was a former president of Ohio Byway Links and the Whitehall, Ohio Historical Society.

For this book, he drew upon his own collection, extensive travels along the National Road and Route 40, and generous help from organizations serving communities connected by the road.

For more information Flood at whflood@yahoo.com or 614-886-8233.

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