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050 4 _aE151
100 1 _aPost, Emily,
_d1872-1960
245 1 0 _aBy motor to the Golden Gate
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-06-06
508 _aPeter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"By Motor to the Golden Gate" by Emily Post is a travel narrative written in the early 20th century. The book documents the author's ambitious journey from New York to San Francisco, capturing her experiences, challenges, and observations along the way. It highlights the dynamics of road travel during a time when such adventures were still relatively novel and filled with uncertainties. The opening of the book sets the stage for this cross-country trip, filled with both excitement and skepticism from those around her. Emily Post describes how, despite the doubts of friends and acquaintances about the feasibility of her journey without servants or a mechanic, she remains determined to embark on the adventure with just her son and a family friend. The narrative reveals her process of planning the trip, her interactions with various individuals who provide insights—or skepticism—about the journey ahead, and the humorous yet poignant moments that characterize the early stages of their road trip. The reader is introduced to the challenges of navigating uncharted territories, encountering misadventures, and the nascent spirit of motor travel that defined an era. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: D. Appleton, 1916
653 _aWest (U.S.) -- Description and travel
653 _aUnited States -- Description and travel
653 _aAutomobile travel
653 _aPost, Emily, 1872-1960 -- Travel -- United States
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/bymotortogoldeng00post
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73784
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