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Describes the difficulties faced by the first woman to make a cross-country journey from New York to San Francisco in an automobile in 1909.

Contains nearly two hundred captioned photographs of landmark tourist attractions found along the roadsides of the United States.

Historical photographs and text help chronicle the 1903 cross-country drive of Vermont doctor Horatio Nelson Jackson and his friend Sewall Crocker--the first automobile trip ever made across the U.

Describes 120 scenic drives for exploring the United States, grouped into four regions, including the Western, Rocky Mountain, Central, and Eastern states; each with route maps, photographs, travel tips, and information about places to eat, sleep, and visit.

Larry McMurtry chronicles the experiences he had while traveling the roads of America and reminices about his boyhood memories that are related to travel.

Incorporates primary source materials in an illustrated history of Route 66, a highway that once stretched across the United States, and the attractions found along the way.

Contains descriptions of 120 road trips in the United States, highlighting attractions along each route, and includes photographs, maps, notes on the length of the route, when to go, side trips, and contact information.

Special paperback edition for the Lincoln Highway Centennial, with revised text and new images, follows the highway from New York City to San Francisco through 100 yearsStops at historic landmarks, bridges, taverns, movie palaces, diners, gas stations, ice cream stands, tourist cabins, and roadside attractionsColor maps and stories through 14 states: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and CaliforniaExcerpts from memoirs and old postcards give a feel for what early motoring was like--the good, the bad, and the muddy.

In 1968, eleven-year-old Julia and her Aunt Constance are forced to sell their family home, Windy Ridge, in New York's Hudson Valley and embark on a cross-country automobile trip in search of Julia's mother, bringing only three travel trunks and some "practical travel things.

Presents photos and information about historic Route 66, which stretched from Chicago to Los Angeles.

In this collection of anecdotes, observations, and reflections, readers will follow Abbi Jacobson's road trip across the United States.

"A mother and father set out with their kids from New York to Arizona.