It began in 1913 with a glorious new highway--stretching across 3,389
miles and 13 states--that connected the bright lights of Broadway with
the foggy shores of San Francisco. It was a magnificent and meandering
road that enticed millions of newly motoring Americans to hop into their
Model Ts and explore the fading frontier. The Lincoln Highway. It was
the road of Gettysburg, Pretty Boy Floyd, Notre Dame, the Great Salt
Lake, and the Gold Rush Trail. Once a symbol of limitless potential, it
is now undergoing (as Route 66 did twenty years ago) a miraculous
revival. With hundreds of new and rare photographs provided by two-time
Pulitzer Prize winner Michael S. Williamson, this ode to a bygone era
guides us across the true spine of the country, exploring vintage
diners, Art Deco buildings, and funky roadside attractions, all waiting
to be discovered.