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By Motor to the Golden Gate
Contributor(s): Post, Emily (Author)

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 ISBN: 0786419407     ISBN-13: 9780786419401
Publisher: McFarland & Company
OUR PRICE: $31.45  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2004
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | United States - West - Pacific (ak, Ca, Hi, Or, Wa)
- History
- Transportation | Automotive - General
Dewey: 917.304
LCCN: 2004008623
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.96" W x 9.02" L (0.86 lbs) 267 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
- Cultural Region - West Coast
- Geographic Orientation - California
- Locality - San Francisco, California
- Cultural Region - Northern California
Features: Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
In 1915, journalist Emily Post set out from New York to investigate whether it was possible to drive comfortably across the country to San Francisco in an automobile. This is a reprint of Post's only travel book, originally published by Collier's Weekly seven years before she became famous for her book on etiquette. It describes her travels with her cousin Alice and her Harvard undergraduate son as they played the American tourists from Niagara Falls to cave dwellings near Santa Fe. A first-hand account of elite automotive travel before the process was democratized after World War I, it also shows the history of the southwest, particularly in the myths that made towns such as Santa Fe authentic tourist destinations, and provides contemporary comments on class and ethnicity. A new introduction includes a biographical sketch of Post and explains the context of her journey in the heroic age of motoring. Accompanying the text are many original photographs, sketch maps showing the route, and Post's meticulous daily lists of expenditure, a valuable historical document showing the price of everything from car repairs to tips. New to this addition are explanatory footnotes and an appendix giving the miles Post traveled each day, noting the cities of departure and destination and the hotel for each night.
 
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