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Overview"""Enlightening and inspiring."" - Walter Isaacson ""Barry probes the American soul, finding its biases, but also, nurtured by its complicated past, our better angels - with an opportunity to move forward."" - Ken Burns Bringing together two of America's unifying loves - road trips and Abraham Lincoln - Frank Barry takes readers on a thought-provoking journey into the heart of our democracy and the soul of our country ""Enlightening and inspiring."" - Walter Isaacson ""Barry probes the American soul, finding its biases, but also, nurtured by its complicated past, our better angels - with an opportunity to move forward."" - Ken Burns Bringing together two of America's unifying loves - road trips and Abraham Lincoln - Frank Barry takes readers on a thought-provoking journey into the heart of our democracy and the soul of our country A year into his marriage and having never driven an RV, Frank and his wife Laurel set out from New York City in a Winnebago to drive the nation's first transcontinental route, the Lincoln Highway, which zigzags through small towns and big cities from Times Square to San Francisco. Using the spirit of Abraham Lincoln to guide them across the land, they hope to see more clearly what holds the country together - and how we can keep it together, even amidst political divisions have grown increasingly rancorous, bitter, and exhausting. Along the way, Frank and Laurel meet Americans whose personal experiences help humanize the nation's divisions, and they encounter historical figures and events whose legacies are still shaping our sense of national identity and the struggles over it. This unforgettable journey is full of what makes any great road trip memorable and enjoyable- music, conversation, and laughter. By the end, readers will have a clearer picture of how we have arrived at a period that carries echoes of the Civil War era, and - using Lincoln as a guide - where the path forward lies." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Francis S. BarryPublisher: Steerforth Press Imprint: Steerforth Press Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9781586423889ISBN 10: 1586423886 Pages: 640 Publication Date: 04 June 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: To order  Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Manhattan Preamble 2. Road As Idea 3. Lighting Out 4. This Is America 5. Signs Of The Times 6. For Us, The Living 7. Guns, God, and Other Stuff 8. Shadow Of Death 9. Point Of View 10. Do Right 11. Pitchforks & Persistence 12. Barnyard Humor & Wisdom 13. Engines Of Hope 14. Sacred & Profane 15. Uncle Sam’s Band 16. Wake Up the Echoes 17. Birth & Rebirth 18. White City Blues 19. Community Building 20. Abraham’s Children 21. Building & Loan 22. Feast Days 23. Remaking History 24. Facing Present 25. Wild West 26. Frontiers 27. Dueling Realities 28. Beer Break 29. Earth Wind & Fire 30. Laramie Legends 31. Outliving Fact 32. Crossing Divides 33. Mormon Trail 34. Becoming Americans 35. Becoming America 36. Somewhere, Nevada 37. Reconciling Differences 38. Crime & Punishment 39. Preserving History 40. Ghosts & Ghouls 41. To Build A Fire 42. Election Day 43. Moving On 44. Where the Hell is God? 45. Borderlands, Part I 46. Borderlands, Part II 47. Holiday Road 48. Highway 61 Revisited 49. Insurrection 50. Aftermath CODA 51. Remember the Clotilda 52. Marching Through Georgia 53. Amazing Grace 54. Both Sides Now 55. Ruination Day 56. HomeReviews"""Enlightening and inspiring."" — Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times best-selling biographer" “Enlightening and inspiring.” — Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times best-selling biographer “This book ought to be read by Democrats, Republicans, and independents — and I should know, since I've been all three. It's for all of us who want to put the ‘united’ back in the United States of America.” — Michael R. Bloomberg “Barry probes the American soul, finding its biases, but also, nurtured by its complicated past, our better angels — with an opportunity to move forward.” — Ken Burns “For a road trip across the country’s political divisions, there’s no better guide than an Indiana kid, Abe Lincoln — and the songs of America. This book helps us hear both — and those mystic chords we need to recapture — more clearly.” — John Mellencamp “It is a joy to hit the road with Frank Barry. With erudition, humor and a deep love of country, he offers a fascinating trip into the heart of our history.” — Ted Widmer, author of Lincoln on the Verge “In the traditions of Blue Highways and Confederates in the Attic, Back Roads and Better Angels — by turns elegiac and hopeful — is required reading in a season when the clouds still have yet to lift from over our democracy.” — Kevin Baker, author of The New York Game Author InformationFrancis S. Barry is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and member of the editorial board covering national affairs. He served as chief speechwriter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg during the 2020 presidential campaign and in New York's City Hall, where he also helped lead a variety of government and election reform initiatives. He is the author of The Scandal of Reform and holds degrees from the University of Notre Dame and New York University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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