From the grinding rims of the covered wagon, via the gleaming tracks of the railroad to the glittering chrome of Detroit's finest, it is mobility that has created the unique character and culture of the United States. American highways do not follow the footsteps of imperial armies, or foreign traders and explorers; they have been created by Americans for Americans. Their names make our hearts quicken and our feet itch, Daniel Boone, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The uniquely American road lifestyle has been created by the need to provide food and lodging for the highway traveler, and fuel for his car. Competition for the passing trade has raised the diner, motel and humble gas station to the level of art form, celebrated by artists and architects from Norman Rockwell and Edward Hopper to Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Lincoln Highway, New Mexico, New York, United States, Civil War, San Francisco, World War, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Big Sur, Mount Rushmore, New Orleans, General Motors, Mother Road, Pike's Peak, Salt Lake City, Carl Fisher, Fort Kent, John Ford, Key West, Bobby Troup, Fort Bridger, Great Depression, North Dakota, Abraham Lincoln New!
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The whole history of the American people has been recorded in steel......and so it has. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Lincoln Highway, New Mexico, New York, United States, Civil War, San Francisco, World War, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Big Sur, Mount Rushmore, New Orleans, General Motors, Mother Road, Pike's Peak, Salt Lake City, Carl Fisher, Fort Kent, John Ford, Key West, Bobby Troup, Fort Bridger, Great Depression, North Dakota, Abraham Lincoln New!
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- Main Street (Signet Classics) by Sinclair Lewis on page 1, and page 13
- Close Encounters Of The Third Kind by Steven Spielberg on page 137, and page 138
- On the Road by Jack Kerouac on page 4, and page 13
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Bantam Classic) by Mark Twain on page 25
- Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon on page 137
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- Discovering Your City : Bringing Light to the Task of Community Transformation by Carl Townsend on 4 pages
- The Portable Jack Kerouac (Portable Library) by Jack Kerouac in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- After Heaven: Spirituality in America Since the 1950s by Robert Wuthnow in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Kerouac: A Biography by Ann Charters on page 289
- Down the Asphalt Path by Clay McShane in Back Matter
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