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Ike's road trip : how Eisenhower's 1919 convoy paved the way for the roads we travel / Brian C. Black.
Lippincott Library HE336.E94 B53 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Black, Brian, 1966- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
- Eisenhower, Dwight D.
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969--Travel.
- Lincoln Highway--History--20th century.
- Lincoln Highway.
- Interstate Highway System--History--20th century.
- Interstate Highway System.
- Express highways--United States--History.
- Express highways.
- Automobile travel--United States--History.
- Automobile travel.
- Transportation--United States--History.
- Transportation.
- Roads--United States--History.
- Roads.
- Physical Description:
- 187 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- How Eisenhower's 1919 convoy paved the way for the roads we travel
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Massachusetts : Godine, 2024.
- Summary:
- "All roads begin somewhere, and today's U. S. highway system began with an exploratory, cross-country ride led by 28-year-old Army lieutenant colonel Dwight Eisenhower. This is the story of that coast-to-coast journey and how the dream of connecting America with roads began . . . The 1919 Transcontinental Motor Convoy of eighty-one trucks and other military vehicles traveled more than 3,000 precarious miles along the most famous road of the day, the Lincoln Highway, which ran between New York City and San Francisco. World War I had illustrated the importance of being able to move large amounts of troops and equipment quickly over long distances, and Eisenhower's mission was to evaluate whether the country's emerging network of paved roadways could handle such a task. It was an experience Eisenhower would never forget"--Inside jacket flap.
- Contents:
- Prologue: "It is your choice"
- Juggernauts of combat
- A mobile display window
- Paving the way
- Completing the "land armada"
- Auto nation
- Epilogue: Choosing change.
- Notes:
- Map on endpapers.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-185).
- ISBN:
- 9781567927153
- 1567927157
- OCLC:
- 1381294947
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