John Rosenthal is the author of
The World Almanac Road-Tripper's Guide to National Parks, the
AAA Guide to Boston and New England, and
Hawaii for Dummies (6th edition). In his 35 years as a travel journalist, he has written about small ship cruises of Alaska for
The New York Times, sheep-herding trials in Ireland for
The Washington Post, and driving through the American Southwest for
National Geographic Traveler, where he was a contributing editor. He lives in Los Angeles, where he regularly hikes with his wife and his Labrador Retriever, Marcy.
The World Almanac reference works have been trusted by schools, families, businesses, governments, and even presidents for generations. A #1
New York Times bestseller,
The World Almanac was first published in 1868 and has sold over 83 million copies.