Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway

By Effie Price Gladding

Book Overview

From the Pacific to the Atlantic by the Lincoln Highway, with California and the Virginias and Maryland thrown in for good measure What a tour it has been As we think back over its miles we recall the noble pines and the towering Sequoias of the high Sierras of California; the flashing water-falls of the Yosemite, so green as to be called Vernal, so white as to be called Bridal Veil; the orchards of the prune, the cherry, the walnut, the olive, the almond, the fig, the orange, and the lemon, tilled like a garden, watered by the hoarded and guarded streams from the everlasting hills; and the rich valleys of grain, running up to the hillsides and dotted by live oak trees.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508840350
• ISBN13: 9781508840350
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating read, but missing all photos

Articulate and detailed account of a 1914 drive from San Francisco to the East Coast on the Lincoln Highway, including a pre-trip loop through California. Author provides a kind, but not saccharine assessment of places and people. A few startling cultural references. A long trip without maps, gas stations or knowledge of what food and lodging would be available. This would be a five-star rating except that the book is missing all of the many photos referenced in the book.