Appletons' New And Complete United States Guide Book For Travellers

By Wellington Williams

Book Overview

Before the motorcar remade the map, Americans crossed a continent by iron rail and riverboat, with timetables in hand and curiosity ahead. Pack light, travel with confidence. Appletons' New And Complete United States Guide Book For Travellers, edited by W. Williams, captures that brisk, practical spirit in a vintage travel guidebook written for people who wanted facts, fares, and a good bed at day's end, in sharp outline. Arranged in the manner of a Baedeker style guide and the best Murray travel handbooks, it points readers to railroad travel routes between major centres, notes steamer connections, and surveys hotels and boarding houses with an eye for comfort and cost. Along the way it opens a window on american city sightseeing in the gilded age united states, when post civil war america was rebuilding, expanding, and marketing itself to visitors. Today the volume reads as both clear snapshot and tool: a genealogy research reference for family-place names and journeys, and a staple for local history researchers tracing how towns presented themselves to outsiders. For casual armchair travellers, its brisk recommendations and geography are a pleasure; for collectors of Americana, it stands as a directory of movement, manners, and ambition. As a public domain reprint, it also suits readers who prize a facsimile collectors edition on the shelf. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354501192
• ISBN13: 9789354501197
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"