Davis, Wes

Summary: "The epic road trips-and surprising friendship-of John Burroughs, nineteenth-century naturalist, and Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, inventors of the modern age"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023

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Guinn, Jeff

Summary: "A brilliant portrait of two American giants, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, and America entering the automobile age, told through the fascinating but little-known narrative of the summer road trips taken by Edison and Ford"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019

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Ilʹf, Ilʹi͡a︡

Contents: The Road -- The Small Town -- Americans -- At the Birthplace of Mark Twain -- The Desert -- Indians -- California -- Hollywood -- Advertising -- Negroes -- New York.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Cabinet Books 2007

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Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan

Summary: "How the automobile fundamentally changed African American life-the true history beyond the Best Picture-winning movie. The ultimate symbol of independence and possibility, the automobile has shaped this country from the moment the first Model T rolled off Henry Ford's assembly line. Yet cars have always held distinct importance for African Americans, allowing black families to evade the many...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2020

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Hall, Alvin D.

Summary: "Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America's haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide. For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place where dangers lurk. In the era of Jim Crow, Black travelers encountered locked doors, hostile police, and potentially violent encounters almost everywhere, in both the South and the North. From...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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