Author: Lincoln Highway Association
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Category : Lincoln Highway
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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A Brief for the Lincoln Highway in Utah and Nevada, Addressed to Secretary of Agriculture, Washington D.C.
Author: Lincoln Highway Association
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Category : Lincoln Highway
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Category : Lincoln Highway
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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American Road
Author: Pete Davies
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1466862823
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
A fascinating account of the greatest road trip in American history. On July 7, 1919, an extraordinary cavalcade of sixty-nine military motor vehicles set off from the White House on an epic journey. Their goal was California, and ahead of them lay 3,250 miles of dirt, mud, rock, and sand. Sixty-two days later they arrived in San Francisco, having averaged just five miles an hour. Known as the First Transcontinental Motor Train, this trip was an adventure, a circus, a public relations coup, and a war game all rolled into one. As road conditions worsened, it also became a daily battle of sweat and labor, of guts and determination. American Road is the story of this incredible journey. Pete Davies takes us from east to west, bringing to life the men on the trip, their trials with uncooperative equipment and weather, and the punishing landscape they encountered. Ironically one of the participants was a young soldier named Dwight Eisenhower, who, four decades later, as President, launched the building of the interstate highway system. Davies also provides a colorful history of transcontinental car travel in this country, including the first cross-country trips and the building of the Lincoln Highway. This richly detailed book offers a slice of Americana, a piece of history unknown to many, and a celebration of our love affair with the road.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1466862823
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
A fascinating account of the greatest road trip in American history. On July 7, 1919, an extraordinary cavalcade of sixty-nine military motor vehicles set off from the White House on an epic journey. Their goal was California, and ahead of them lay 3,250 miles of dirt, mud, rock, and sand. Sixty-two days later they arrived in San Francisco, having averaged just five miles an hour. Known as the First Transcontinental Motor Train, this trip was an adventure, a circus, a public relations coup, and a war game all rolled into one. As road conditions worsened, it also became a daily battle of sweat and labor, of guts and determination. American Road is the story of this incredible journey. Pete Davies takes us from east to west, bringing to life the men on the trip, their trials with uncooperative equipment and weather, and the punishing landscape they encountered. Ironically one of the participants was a young soldier named Dwight Eisenhower, who, four decades later, as President, launched the building of the interstate highway system. Davies also provides a colorful history of transcontinental car travel in this country, including the first cross-country trips and the building of the Lincoln Highway. This richly detailed book offers a slice of Americana, a piece of history unknown to many, and a celebration of our love affair with the road.
Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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The Lincoln Highway Forum
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Category : Lincoln Highway
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Category : Lincoln Highway
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Bulletin of the Public Affairs Information Service
Author: Public Affairs Information Service
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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American Book Publishing Record Cumulative, 1876-1949
Author: R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 904
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 904
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The Official Record of the United States Department of Agriculture
Author: United States. Department of Agriculture
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Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Amusement Business
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Category : Amusement parks
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Category : Amusement parks
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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The Lincoln Highway: Iowa
Author: Gregory M. Franzwa
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Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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