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When the automobile first made long-distance travel practical for the average American, a dramatic change began in the country's physical and cultural landscape. Road design and construction were challenged to keep pace with the automobile's rapidly advancing capabilities and number. And as real mobility sank into the popular consciousness, the way of life of Americans changed forever. This spectacularly illustrated history traces the transformation of America's roads from rutted wagon trails into ever smoother, faster and safer highways. Along with the sweat and ingenuity of increasingly ambitious construction, it explores the new roadside culture that sprang up to greet a society on the move. Places to eat, sleep, refuel, and see sights became as much a part of the highway travel experience as the road itself, and the histories of the most familiar roadside businesses are recounted here. More than 300 historical photographs provide fascinating documentation.

When the automobile first made long-distance travel practical for the average American, a dramatic change began in the country's physical and cultural landscape. Road design and construction were challenged to keep pace with the automobile's rapidly advancing capabilities and number. And as real mobility sank into the popular consciousness, the way of life of Americans changed forever. This spectacularly illustrated history traces the transformation of America's roads from rutted wagon trails into ever smoother, faster and safer highways. Along with the sweat and ingenuity of increasingly ambitious construction, it explores the new roadside culture that sprang up to greet a society on the move. Places to eat, sleep, refuel, and see sights became as much a part of the highway travel experience as the road itself, and the histories of the most familiar roadside businesses are recounted here. More than 300 historical photographs provide fascinating documentation.

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author The American Highway: The History and Culture of Roads in the United States by William Kaszynski Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New When the automobile first made long-distance travel practical for the average American, a dramatic change began in the country s physical and cultural landscape. Road design and construction were challenged to keep pace with the automobile s rapidly advancing capabilities and number.

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author More of Down the Road from Eden: Humorous and Serious Personal Narratives by John James Miller Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Accounts of people and events to inspire, amuse, and inform Personal narratives involving over 64 people in 62 places in 10 states. Humorous and serious tales to titillate, tease, and teach. Happenings in public, home, schools, churches, and hospitals. Essays on Humor, Christmas, a Pur

When the automobile first made long-distance travel practical, a dramatic change began in the country's physical and cultural landscape. Road design and construction were challenged to keep pace with the rapidly advancing capabilities and numbers of cars. As real mobility sank into the popular consciousness, the American way of life changed forever. This spectacularly illustrated history traces the transformation of America's roads from rutted wagon trails into safe highways. The sweat and ingenuity of increasingly ambitious construction and the roadside culture that sprang up to greet a society on the move are both explored. Places to eat, sleep, refuel, and see sights became as much a part of the travel experience as the road itself, and the histories of the most familiar roadside businesses are recounted here. More than 300 historical photographs provide fascinating documentation.

In this love story set in Nashville and Maine, a struggling country music artist learns surprising truths about her past, and about her own heart. Optioned for film by MGM and Lindsay Doran, producer of "Sense and Sensibility."

In this love story set in Nashville and Maine, a struggling country music artist learns surprising truths about her past, and about her own heart. Optioned for film by MGM and Lindsay Doran, producer of "Sense and Sensibility."

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Up the Country by Emily Eden Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Eden s candid letters represent thousands of nineteenth-century women who dutifully accompanied their men to outposts of the British Empire. Publisher Description Raised in a politically-active household, Emily Eden s childhood prepared her well for her role as companion to her brother, the Governor-General of India. Outwardly all that a middle-class

The Lincoln Highway predates Route 66 by a dozen years, runs a third longer than that famed highway, and crosses the country from Atlantic to Pacific. Now, the story of the first coast-to-coast route is told in this grand, eclectic history of the road. Traversing fourteen states from Times Square in New York to Lincoln Park in California, Butko follows the highway in both space and time, mingling excerpts from the memoirs of cross-country travellers in the early days of the road with perspectives from today's voyagers and his own astute observations. Along the way the story of the highway unfolds, from the spark of an idea in the mind of Prest-O-Lite headlight manufacturing giant Carl Fisher to the formation of an association in 1913 for getting the arduous task of road building afoot, including the resulting disputes over which cities and states the route would pass through. Stories of early adventurers - men and women who travelled the Lincoln in the 1910s and '20s - reveal what early motoring was really like: the good, the bad, and the muddy. In each state you will visit historic buildings, bridges, taverns, diners, neon movie palaces, Art Deco gas stations, ice cream stands, tourist cabins, and colourful roadside attractions. You will also meet people from all walks of life, from every era, who have been on the road as travellers, workers, planners, commuters, tourists, and just plain Sunday drivers enjoying the scenery. Not merely a geographical link, the Lincoln Highway connects us to the past and that part of ourselves that is always seeking the quest. This is the trip you have been waiting for.

Release Date: April 01, 2003