The shortest way home -- You coulda been a contender -- Fathers and sons -- Back roads -- Tulsa time -- The world of Steinbeck's Joads -- Steinbeck at the ends of the trail -- Kicking 66 -- Flying in the heartland -- Running on empty -- Panhandling -- Famous for fifteen minutes -- Breakfast : the real American cuisine -- Consult your local listing -- Blackwater comes back -- Moab, Utah : is there life after Abbey? -- Tight fit in the Jemez Valley -- Slovakia and Oklahoma -- Oklahoma border line -- Who mourns the gepids? -- Not in Kansas -- The ornamental hermit -- Death in the west : a multi-cultural adventure -- Gene Autry, Oklahoma : different slants -- The myth of a west.