From sea to shining sea

If you live in America you should, at some point in your life, drive across the country. There is no better way to understand the size and grandeur of America than to spend hour after hour after hour driving through it. I've done the trip twice: once across I-80 and again on I-90. But after looking at The Lincoln Highway: coast to coast from Times Square to the Golden Gate I realize that zooming across a sterile modern interstate at 75 miles an hour doesn't really do the trip justice. If you really want to see the country - especially the Midwest - then you need to slow down and meander around a little. You need to take the Lincoln Highway.
The Lincoln Highway (I-30) can still be found on the road maps, nestled between I-80 and I-90 (and actually merging with I-80 through most of Wyoming). It may be a little red line on the road atlas now, but back in the 1920's this was the trip to take. And it remained an important regional route even into the 40's. Peppered with small towns, diners, motor inns, and weird little historic landmarks (Dennison, Iowa: birthplace of Donna Reed), the Lincoln Highway is nostalgic and kitschy. And our authors Michael Wallis and Michael Williamson take you on a state-by-state tour of all the sightseeing highlights along the route. Full of historic and current photographs, including some fun 'then and now' shots, this book will inspire you to load up the car next summer and spend a couple of weeks communing with small-town America.