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American road : the story of an epic transcontinental journey at the dawn of the motor age / Pete Davies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, Pete, 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Automobile travel.
- History.
- United States--Description and travel.
- United States.
- Overland journeys to the Pacific.
- Automobile travel--United States--History--20th century.
- Travelers--United States--Biography.
- Travelers.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 274 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Henry Holt & Co., 2002.
- Summary:
- Offering a slice of Americana, "American Road" is a fascinating account of the greatest road trip in this country's history: a 1919 cavalcade of 69 military motor vehicles traveling from the White House to California. 16-page insert.
- Notes:
- Maps on lining papers.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-251) and index.
- ISBN:
- 080506883X
- OCLC:
- 50058835
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