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Bringing together two of America''s unifying loves - road trips and Honest Abe - journalist Francis S. Barry takes readers on a thought-provoking journey that delves deep into the soul of the country and our shared history. A year into his marriage and having never driven an RV, Frank Barry and his wife Laurel set out from New York City in a Winnebago to drive the nation''s first transcontinental route, the so-called Lincoln Highway, which is just a series of local roads that zigzags from Times Square to the Golden Gate Bridge. The idea was to use the spirit of Abraham Lincoln to guide them across the land, in hopes of seeing more clearly what holds the country together - and how we can keep it together, even amidst political divisions have grown increasingly rancorous, bitter, and exhausting. Along the way, Frank and Laurel meet Americans who help readers see the nation''s divisions through a more personal perspectives - and encounter historical figures and events whose legacies are s

Back Roads and Better Angels

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Bringing together two of America''s unifying loves - road trips and Honest Abe - journalist Francis S. Barry takes readers... Read more

    Publisher: Steerforth Press
    Publication Date: 6/4/2024
    ISBN13: 9781586423889, 978-1586423889
    ISBN10: 1586423886

    Non Fiction , History , Non Fiction

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    Bringing together two of America''s unifying loves - road trips and Honest Abe - journalist Francis S. Barry takes readers on a thought-provoking journey that delves deep into the soul of the country and our shared history. A year into his marriage and having never driven an RV, Frank Barry and his wife Laurel set out from New York City in a Winnebago to drive the nation''s first transcontinental route, the so-called Lincoln Highway, which is just a series of local roads that zigzags from Times Square to the Golden Gate Bridge. The idea was to use the spirit of Abraham Lincoln to guide them across the land, in hopes of seeing more clearly what holds the country together - and how we can keep it together, even amidst political divisions have grown increasingly rancorous, bitter, and exhausting. Along the way, Frank and Laurel meet Americans who help readers see the nation''s divisions through a more personal perspectives - and encounter historical figures and events whose legacies are s

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