All the Way to Lincoln Way: A Coast to Coast Bicycle Odyssey [Paperback]

Bill Roe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 25, 2000

The personal journal of a bicycle ride along the Lincoln Highway, America's first transcontintential road, from San Francisco to New York City. The high quality 192 page book is filled with 238 black and white photos and 8 pages of color photos in the center of the book with 40 photos. Biking and travel quotations are featured throughout the book that has a color cover and is ten and a half inches wide and eight and a quarter inches tall.

Editorial Reviews

Review

... pictures that make me want to jump in my green '72 Ford and head out into the Nevada desert. -- Bob Dunning, Davis Enterprise, October 10, 2000

Roe’s day-by-day journal creates the impression of a series of postcards from an old friend on a cross-country trip. -- Mike Lackey, The Lima News, Oct. 27, 2000

This book is fun to read, whether you are a Lincoln Highway fan or not... enjoy it. -- Gregory M. Franzwa, Editor, Lincoln Highway Forum, November, 2000

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Rowhouse Publishing; 1st edition (August 25, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970318804
• ISBN-13: 978-0970318800
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #623,317 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wish I'd Been There!, January 13, 2003

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LoraxMan "loraxman" - See all my reviews

This review is from: All the Way to Lincoln Way: A Coast to Coast Bicycle Odyssey (Paperback)

Mr. Roe is one lucky guy! He has convinced his lovely wife to drive his 24-foot camper along on his coast-to-coast bicycle trip. The two seem to enjoy themselves almost every mile - even when the people they run across are less than hospitable, they seem to take it all in stride and enjoy the trip.
The author's ability to relate what he sees and experiences makes it a very comfortable read, and the photographs that accompany the text are fabulous. I really liked this book. As long as you don't expect to get a history lesson here (I spotted a few historical errors), aren't put off by editing goof-ups (seems like the editor fell asleep at the switch the last third of the book), and don't expect to learn technical information for a trans-continental trip of your own, you should like this book too.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A closeup look at the real America, November 29, 2006

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Allan Hayes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All the Way to Lincoln Way: A Coast to Coast Bicycle Odyssey (Paperback)

Read this book. It draws you in because it tells you something you don't know and never thought about on just about every page. When most of us travel, we go to a specific destination, and we go there on an airplane or on an Interstate. More than anything I've read in years, this book reminds me of how much of America exists on the back roads, and of how little of it I've actually seen in my years of travel throughout the country.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where to next?, September 25, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: All the Way to Lincoln Way: A Coast to Coast Bicycle Odyssey (Paperback)

Not only Bill's adventure, but the people, the history, the nostalgia, the landscape, are all captured in Bill's journal. The photos are fabulous! This is one of the best cycling adventures I have read because it is about the adventure, not the ride.