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Dec 19, 2009, 10:27:58 AM12/19/09

Travel Blissful

"Coast to Coast - Vintage Travel in North America" (Amazon.com:
http://xrl.us/VinTrav1 )

The strong economy by the end of the 19th century, when North America
was fully settled, led to affordable popular tourism. Not only wealthy
people had the means to travel. Also the less well-off set out to
discover the continent ï¿½ via canal barge, rail, steamboat, automobile,
and even horseback.

"Coast to Coast: Vintage Travel in North America" by Anthony Shugaar,
Catherine Donzel and Marc Valter depicts these extraordinary
trans-continental journeys and offers a panorama of the North American
continent. Excellently researched, the book records a bygone era of
travel with fascinating illustrations and engaging prose, as in the
introductory chapter ï¿½Transcontinentalï¿½. The following sections ï¿½
ï¿½Eastern Seaboardï¿½, ï¿½Midwest and the Mississippiï¿½, ï¿½Great Plains,
Rocky Mountains, and the Southwestï¿½, ï¿½Pacific Coastï¿½ and ï¿½Canada and
Alaskaï¿½ ï¿½ are accompanied by full-page maps (five in total).

Rather than writing a review in the traditional sense, I would like to
share my favorite quotations from the distinctive personalities and
travelers who so vividly described the places featured in the book...

Continued: http://xrl.us/VinTrav2

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