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.

Author: Michael Wallis
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 07/01/2007
Pages: 304
Weight: 2.88lbs
Size: 8.70h x 10.90w x 0.91d
ISBN: 9780393059380


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/01/2007 pg. 54
Publishers Weekly 05/14/2007 pg. 47
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2007 pg. 121

About the Author
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.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.