I didn't get a response about my book search. It was requesting information about a guy who rode on us 62 from Buffalo to El Paso. I think he also wrote a book about him and his daughter biking across country. Maybe this addition info will jog your memory.
I have that book. Read it. Can't remember the title or author. Lets see if my memory will be good enough to look it up when I get home. what I do remember about it is how much hard liquor the author drank. And how questionable the route IMO.