Greetings from the Lincoln Highway: America’s First Coast-to-Coast Road

By Brian Butko
11.25” x 8.75” 290 pages
(clothbound)
The story of the first coast-to-coast route, which predates Route 66 by a dozen years and runs a third longer than that famed highway, is now told in this grand, eclectic history of the road. Traversing fourteen states from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco, Butko follows the highway in both space and time, mingling excerpts from the memoirs of cross-country travelers in the early days of the road with perspectives from today’s voyagers and his own astute observations. You’ll visit historic buildings, bridges, taverns, diners, neon movie palaces, Art Deco gas stations, and colorful roadside attractions. You’ll also meet people from all walks of life, from every era, who have been on the road as travelers, workers, planners, vacationers, and just plain Sunday drivers. This is the trip you’ve been waiting for.