Terms of use

These terms are the agreement between you and Taciturn Studios LLC, a California limited liability company, for use of mrsorcuttsdriveway.com. The site is the companion to Mrs. Orcutt's Driveway, a historical narrative by C. V. Wooster. Last updated November 12, 2026. If you do not agree, do not use the site. Reading a page, printing a passport, or following a buy link is use.

What this site is, and what it is not

The site publishes essays, a reading guide, a Route 66 passport, book information, and links to sellers. It is not a bookstore, a government office, or a law firm. There is no account, no shopping cart, and no way to pay Taciturn Studios LLC on these pages. Orders, shipping, returns, and refunds are handled by the store you choose, such as Amazon or Bookshop.org, under that store’s own terms.

History pages stop short of the book’s ending on purpose. They are background, not a substitute for the book. The book’s own note, repeated on the disclaimer, says that some conversations and characters are composites and that some dialogue and events were shaped for story continuity. Do not treat a page here as a deed, a survey, or a complete archive.

Permission to read and print

You may read the pages and print the passport and other free sheets for your own personal, noncommercial use: a road trip, a classroom set for students in front of you, or a book-club meeting. That permission does not include copying the text of the book, posting the site’s essays on another site, or selling the printables. The book remains under the copyright of C. V. Wooster and is published by Taciturn Studios LLC. The sample PDF is offered so you can judge the book. It is not a license to circulate the sample as if it were the whole work.

Photographs carry their own credits. A Creative Commons license named next to a picture applies to that picture, not to the essays around it. Cover art, the author portrait, and the award seals belong to the book and the author. Do not remove a credit or present a photograph as yours.

Names and marks

Mrs. Orcutt's Driveway, as the title of the book and of this site, is used by Taciturn Studios LLC and C. V. Wooster. Route 66, interstate shields, and the names of museums, cafes, and parks belong to their own owners. Mentioning them here is identification, not a claim that this site owns those names or is endorsed by those places.

Buying links

As an Amazon Associate, the publisher earns from qualifying purchases. Buttons and text links to Amazon and to Bookshop.org are affiliate links. If you buy through one, C. V. Wooster or Taciturn Studios LLC may earn a commission. The price you pay is the price the store charges. We do not see your card number, your shipping address, or your store account. A commission does not change a review quoted on the site, and it does not change the historical pages.

Ads and email

Some public pages show Google ads in boxes labeled Advertisement. Ads are not a promise that a product is suitable for you. The privacy policy and the cookie policy explain cookies, Consent Mode, and the California opt-out. Email you send to info@cvwooster.com or press@taciturnstudios.com is correspondence, not a submission you are licensing to the site. We will not publish a letter, a photograph, or a correction you send unless you agree. Please do not send material you do not have the right to share.

The desert

Nothing on this site is permission to enter private land, including the Orcutt property east of Newberry Springs. Roads close, businesses change hours, and summer heat in the Mojave can be dangerous. You are responsible for your own travel, your vehicle, and the laws that apply where you drive. Read the disclaimer before you treat any page as a trip plan.

Acceptable use

Do not attack the site, probe it for someone else’s data, or send automated traffic that interferes with other readers. Do not use the pages to impersonate the author, the publisher, or Margaret Orcutt’s family. Do not scrape the site in order to republish it. A link to a page is welcome. Framing the site or copying it so that it looks like your own is not.

No professional advice

Pages about eminent domain, land records, and highway history are general background for readers of one book. They are not legal advice, not a survey, and not a statement of your rights in any current project. If you are dealing with a taking, a deed, or a road agency, talk to a lawyer in your state. Driving notes are not a substitute for the National Weather Service or Caltrans.

As is

The site is provided as is and as available. Taciturn Studios LLC and C. V. Wooster do not promise that a page is complete, that a link will keep working, that the site will be up every hour, or that a seller will still offer a format at the price checked on a given date. To the extent the law allows, they are not liable for a purchase on another site, for how you use the book, for a trip you take, for a decision you make from a history page, or for an interruption of this website. Some states do not allow certain limitations, and those limits apply only as far as they are allowed to apply.

California law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. The California Attorney General’s description of consumer privacy rights is linked from the privacy policy. This sentence is a choice of governing law, not a copy of a statute.

Changes

We may update these terms by posting a new version on this page and changing the date above. The version you are reading is the one that applies to your use after that date. Older printouts of the page are not the current terms.

Contact

Questions about these terms: info@cvwooster.com. Taciturn Studios LLC, Los Angeles, California. Press inquiries: press@taciturnstudios.com. See also Contact and About this site.