The Lincoln Highway: Coast to Coast from Times Square to the Golden Gate

by Michael Wallis

Book Overview

It began in 1913 with a glorious new highway--stretching across 3,389 miles and 13 states--that connected the bright lights of Broadway with the foggy shores of San Francisco. It was a magnificent and meandering road that enticed millions of newly motoring Americans to hop into their Model Ts and explore the fading frontier. The Lincoln Highway. It was the road of Gettysburg, Pretty Boy Floyd, Notre Dame, the Great Salt Lake, and the Gold Rush Trail...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393059383
• ISBN13: 9780393059380
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.9" x 8.7"