| The Lincoln Highway: Coast to Coast from Times Square to the Golden Gate Contributor(s): Wallis, Michael (Author), Williamson, Michael S. (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 0393059383 ISBN-13: 9780393059380 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: The bestselling author of "Route 66" and a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer celebrate Americas first transcontinental highway, one that connects the bright lights of Broadway with the foggy shores of San Francisco. 300 color photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | United States - General - Travel | Food, Lodging & Transportation - Road Travel |
| Dewey: 388.122 |
| LCCN: 2007006025 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 10.9" W x 8.7" (2.88 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. Once a symbol of limitless potential, it is now undergoing (as Route 66 did twenty years ago) a miraculous revival. With hundreds of new and rare photographs provided by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Michael S. Williamson, this ode to a bygone era guides us across the true spine of the country, exploring vintage diners, Art Deco buildings, and funky roadside attractions, all waiting to be discovered. |
Contributor Bio(s): Williamson, Michael S.: - Michael S. Williamson, a photographer for the Washington Post, won a Pulitzer Prize for And the Children After Them and another for his war photography in Kosovo.Wallis, Michael: - Michael Wallis, the best-selling author of Route 66 and Billy the Kid, has published eighteen books and won numerous honors and awards. He is a popular public speaker and a highly acclaimed voice actor. He lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. |