Greetings from the Lincoln Highway: America's First Coast-To-Coast Road - Hardcover

Butko, Brian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 081170128X ISBN 13: 9780811701280

Publisher: Stackpole Books, 2005

Synopsis

The Lincoln Highway preceded Route 66 by a dozen years, runs a third longer than the famed highway, and crosses the country from Atlantic to Pacific. Traversing fourteen states from Times Square in New York to Lincoln Park in San Francisco, this large-format book follows the highway in both space and time to diners, gas stations, ice cream stands, tourist cabins, historic landmarks, and roadside attractions. Excerpts from memoirs and old postcards give a feel for what early motoring was really like--the good, the bad, and the muddy.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"Traveling the Lincoln Highway through the eyes, heart, and spirit of Brian Butko brings back an important part of America we yearn to keep, which this book does triumphantly with color, zeal, and fortitude." --JOHN BAEDER, author of Diners, Sign Language, and Gas, Food, & Lodging

"A valid and important contribution to a growing body of works about this nation's most valued highways. Anyone who has an interest in open road travel and appreciates an objective examination of one of the country's most important transportation links needs to read Brian Butko's book. Bravo!" --MICHAEL WALLIS, author of Route 66: The Mother Road

"The Lincoln Highway is America's most fascinating old road, and there's no better guide to discovering its magic than Brian Butko's wonderful book." --JAMIE JENSEN, author of Road Trip USA

About the Author:

Brian Butko lives in the Pittsburgh metro area and is the nation's leading authority on the Lincoln Highway. He is a founding director of the new Lincoln Highway Association.

About this edition

• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 081170128X
• ISBN 13: 9780811701280
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288