Alice Ramsey's Grand Adventure
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.
917.3
year: 1997
copies: 31
call number/section: 917.3
lexile: 560
subjects: ramsey, alice, women, automobile travel [X], united states [X], women travelers, autmobile travel, united states $x description and travel
Roadside Americana
Contains nearly two hundred captioned photographs of landmark tourist attractions found along the roadsides of the United States.
917.3
year: 2008
copies: 2
call number/section: 917.3
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Horatio's Drive
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.
917.3
year: 2004
copies: 3
call number/section: 917.3
lexile:
subjects: jackson, horatio nelson, duncan, dayton, automobile travel [X], overland journeys to the pacific, united states [X], video recordings for the hearing impaired
The Most Scenic Drives In America
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.
917.3
year: 1997
copies: 2
call number/section: 917.3
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Roads
Larry McMurtry chronicles the experiences he had while traveling the roads of America and reminices about his boyhood memories that are related to travel.
917.3
year: 2000
copies: 1
call number/section: 917.3
lexile:
Route 66
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.
388.1
year: 2008
copies: 2
call number/section: 388.1
lexile:
The Most Scenic Drives In America
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.
917.97
year: 2012
copies: 1
call number/section: 917.97
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Greetings From The Lincoln Highway
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.
917.3
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: 917.3
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Julia And The Art Of Practical Travel
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.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 990
Route 66
Presents photos and information about historic Route 66, which stretched from Chicago to Los Angeles.
917.3
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: 917.3
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I Might Regret This
In this collection of anecdotes, observations, and reflections, readers will follow Abbi Jacobson's road trip across the United States.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: jacobson, abbi, broad city (television program), authors, american, women comedians, automobile travel [X], biography & autobiography, humor, united states [X], anecdotes, essays, travel writing, humor
Lost Children Archive
"A mother and father set out with their kids from New York to Arizona.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: families, immigrant children, illegal alien children, automobile travel [X], family life, unauthorized immigrants, united states [X], domestic fiction, road fiction