A Guide to the National Road (The Road and American Culture) - Hardcover

Raitz

 
9780801851568: A Guide to the National Road (The Road and American Culture)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0801851564 ISBN 13: 9780801851568
Publisher: John Hopkins University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This companion volume to "The National Road" is a guide to America's first federally-funded highway. It combines geographical and historical information to take readers on a 700-mile journey through America's heartland, from the Chesapeake Bay to the Mississippi River. There are chapter-length vignettes on each of the road's seven segments, and the road is traced through landmark Maryland towns such as New Market and Frederick, before it passes, further west, Fort Necessity Battlefield in Pennsylvania. This guide leads readers down a trail blazed by Native American hunting parties and settlers' conestoga wagons, mounted cavalry and model-T Fords, and shows how the National Road offers the serious traveller a rich and rewarding experience.

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About the Author

Karl Raitz is professor of geography at the University of Kentucky. He has edited or coauthored many books, including 'Theater of Sport,' also available from Johns Hopkins.

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Publisher
John Hopkins University Press
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0801851564
ISBN 13 
9780801851568
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
512