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Emily Post and
Jane Lancaster
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc Pub
Publication date
July 1, 2004
Pages
267
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780786419401
ISBN-10
0786419407
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.75 by 9 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Original list price
$25.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: In 1915, journalist Emily Post set out from New York to investigate whether it was possible to drive comfortably across the country to San Francisco in an automobile. This is a reprint of Post's only travel book, originally published by Collier's Weekly seven years before she became famous for her book on etiquette. It describes her travels with her cousin Alice and her Harvard undergraduate son as they played the American tourists from Niagara Falls to cave dwellings near Santa Fe. A first-hand account of elite automotive travel before the process was democratized after World War I, it also shows the history of the southwest, particularly in the myths that made towns such as Santa Fe "authentic" tourist destinations, and provides contemporary comments on class and ethnicity. A new introduction includes a biographical sketch of Post and explains the context of her journey in the heroic age of motoring. Accompanying the text are many original photographs, sketch maps showing the route, and Post's meticulous daily lists of expenditure, a valuable historical document showing the price of everything from car repairs to tips. New to this addition are explanatory footnotes and an appendix giving the miles Post traveled each day, noting the cities of departure and destination and the hotel for each night.
Editions
Hardcover
from Kessinger Pub Co (June 30, 2008)
9780548991541 | details & prices | 390 pages | List price $48.95
This edition also contains By Motor To The Golden Gate
About: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
This edition also contains By Motor To The Golden Gate
About: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
Paperback
from Kessinger Pub Co (October 31, 2007)
9780548655436 | details & prices | 392 pages | List price $33.95
This edition also contains By Motor To The Golden Gate
About: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
This edition also contains By Motor To The Golden Gate
About: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
The price comparison is for this edition
from McFarland & Co Inc Pub (July 1, 2004)
9780786419401 | details & prices | 267 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $25.00
About: In 1915, journalist Emily Post set out from New York to investigate whether it was possible to drive comfortably across the country to San Francisco in an automobile.
About: In 1915, journalist Emily Post set out from New York to investigate whether it was possible to drive comfortably across the country to San Francisco in an automobile.
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