The "Voice of America's Heartland" delivers the second novel in her Depression-era trilogy that celebrates the fabled Route 66. Ernie Harding may have stolen Margie Kinnard's savings, but he doesn't shatter her dreams of going to California to become a movie star.

Tod and Linc race speedboats as they get caught up in the rivalry between two spoiled heiresses. Guy Lombardo and Carmen Lombardo portray themselves.

Tod and Buz protect a Native American girl and her newborn from their employer, who rules the land like a feudal baron. (Robert Duvall as a nasty ranchhand.)

A cave-in at a Colorado mine traps the town ne'er-do-well underground with a spinster, while Mozart's Don Giovanni plays in the town and parallels the mine tragedy.

At California's famous Huntington Beach, Buz challenges the local surfing champ to avenge the death of a former challenger.

Tod's cab fare is a former prohibition-era gangster who believes someone from his past wants to kill him.

After accidentally killing a policeman, a troubled teenager takes Tod and Linc hostage.

Tod joins a posse hunting a pair of killers near Arizona's Superstition Mountain.

Tod and Linc observe the grim conflict between a Maine lobster fisherman and his prodigal son.

An encounter with a rural Maryland family bearing a striking resemblance to him leads Buz to Baltimore where, with the help of a police detective, he searches for the woman who might be his mother.