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Chris Epting

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born

NYC, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.chrisepting.com

genre

Travel, History, Sports

member since

July 2008

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A pop culture (and baseball) history aficionado, Chris has a lifelong penchant for documenting the exact sites where things both great and small occurred. As an author, Epting has found that unearthing and chronicling ‘hidden’ locations offers him a challenge. What began as an inquisitive hobby soon developed into the writing and photographing of 14 books based on his discoveries, including James Dean Died Here…The Locations of America’s Pop Culture Landmarks, Elvis Presley Passed Here, Even More Locations of America’s Pop Culture Landmarks, Images of America – the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Roadside Baseball, The Ruby Slippers, Madonna's Bra, and Einstein's Brain: The Locations of America's Pop Culture Artifacts and Led Zeppelin Crashe...more A pop culture (and baseball) history aficionado, Chris has a lifelong penchant for documenting the exact sites where things both great and small occurred. As an author, Epting has found that unearthing and chronicling ‘hidden’ locations offers him a challenge. What began as an inquisitive hobby soon developed into the writing and photographing of 14 books based on his discoveries, including James Dean Died Here…The Locations of America’s Pop Culture Landmarks, Elvis Presley Passed Here, Even More Locations of America’s Pop Culture Landmarks, Images of America – the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Roadside Baseball, The Ruby Slippers, Madonna's Bra, and Einstein's Brain: The Locations of America's Pop Culture Artifacts and Led Zeppelin Crashed Here.

As an extension of his efforts to chronicle the unique, Epting joins Hampton Hotels for a fourth exciting year as national spokesperson and consultant for the Hidden Landmarks program in support of the brand’s national “Explore the Highway with Hampton Save-A-Landmark™” campaign (the program recently won the President’s award). He was also recently national spokesman for the launch of Microsoft Windows Live Local travel web site and is the current spokesman for EMusic.com, an online music download company.

Chris is a frequent featured guest on numerous radio and television programs such as National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” “The Savvy Traveler,” “Access Hollywood” and FOX TV’s the “Best Damn Sports Show Period,” plus international programs in Australia, Japan and the U.K.

He has contributed articles for such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Westways, Travel + Leisure and Preservation magazine, and was the Travel Editor for Chicken Soup for the Soul Magazine. He also writes and voices a series for Major League Baseball Radio, and writes a weekly column for the Huntington Beach Independent newspaper and a monthly feature in Orange Coast magazine. Chris hosts The Pop Culture Road Trip radio show on webtalkradio.net and his 14th book, “The Birthplace Book,” comes out in Spring ‘09.

Chris lives in Huntington Beach, CA with his wife and their two children.

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Average rating: 3.71 · 112 ratings · 22 reviews · 20 distinct works

	James Dean Died Here: The Locations of America's Pop Culture Landmarks 3.81 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Led Zeppelin Crashed Here: The Rock and Roll Landmarks of North America 3.39 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Marilyn Monroe Dyed Here: More Locations of America's Pop Culture Landmarks 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Elvis Presley Passed Here: Even More Locations of America's Pop Culture Landmarks 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	The Ruby Slippers, Madonna's Bra, and Einstein's Brain: The Locations of America's Pop Culture Artifacts 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Roadside Baseball: Uncovering Hidden Treasures from Our National Pastime 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Hello, It's Me: Dispatches from a Pop Culture Junkie 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	The Birthplace Book: A Guide to Birth Sites of Famous People, Places, and Things 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Huntington Beach, California 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Los Angeles's Historic Ballparks 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Chris Epting is now friends with John Smethers
May 01, 2011 06:16pm
Chris Epting made a comment on his profile "all- just FYI, I have some short non fiction pieces in Eclectica this issue as the "Spotlight" author: www.eclectica.org if you get a moment--the pieces...more "
Jan 05, 2009 03:17pm
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