· The sprint of American adventure and our love affair with the automobile are captured by Dayton Duncan's in his new book, "Horatio's Drive." Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson sets off in from San Francisco in a horsepower Winton touring car hoping to become the first person to cross the United States in the new-fangled "horseless carriage."5/5(5). · The companion volume to the PBS documentary film about the first—and perhaps most astonishing—automobile trip across the (ISBNX). Horatio's drive: America's first road trip. by. Duncan, Dayton; Burns, Ken, Publication date. Topics. Jackson, Horatio Nelson, b. , Duncan, Dayton, Automobile travel, Overland journeys to the Pacific. Publisher. New York: Alfred A. Knopf: Distributed by Random www.doorway.ru Interaction Count:
The remarkable story of the first person to cross the United States by car. In the spring of , on a whim and a fifty-dollar bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San Francisco in a Click to read more about Covers: Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip by Dayton Duncan. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. "Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip" - Dayton Duncan/Ken Burns "Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America" - Annie Jacobsen "The Case for Space" - Robert Zubrin.
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip: Authors: Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns: Contributor: Ken Burns: Edition: illustrated: Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN: X, Horatio Nelson Jackson made a fifty dollar bet in San Francisco in that he could drive across the United States. With Samuel Crocker, a mechanic, and a bull terrier, Horatio set out to do the improbable with no experience, no corporate sponsor. His trip could have imploded for a variety of reasons: mountains, non- existent roads, dangerous weather, mechanical failures, and pure bad luck. The Resource Horatio's drive: [America's first road trip], Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, (sound recording).
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