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Coast to coast by automobile : the pioneering trips, 1899-1908 / Curt McConnell.

Van Pelt Library GV1021 .M23 2000
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English
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Physical Description:
xiv, 349 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Place of Publication:
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2000.
Summary:
McConnell cuts through the fiction, legends, and industry-produced propaganda that have long surrounded the first transcontinental automobile trips as he relates long-lost personal accounts by pioneering travelers. 140 illustrations.
Contents:
  • Chapter 1 The Trailblazers 7
  • Chapter 2 A Triumph Truly Remarkable 59
  • Chapter 3 A Demonstration of Unfailing Reliability 95
  • Chapter 4 Coast to Coast in a Machine of the Masses 147
  • Chapter 5 A Faster Run in an Air-Cooled Auto 190
  • Chapter 6 Coast to Coast in Fifteen Days 225
  • Chapter 7 An Average Motorist in an Ordinary Car 266.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-342) and index.
ISBN:
0804733805
OCLC:
42389501

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