In Unfamiliar England: A Record of a Seven Thousand Mile Tour by Motor of the Unfrequented Nooks and Corners, and the Shrines of Especial Interest, in England; With Incursions into Scotland and Ireland.

At the dawn of the automobile age, when the open road still promised genuine discovery, Thomas D. Murphy set out to find an England that tourists rarely see. This is not the England of London monuments or Stratford-upon-Avon crowds, but a hidden realm of barely-touched villages, ancient byways, and saints' shrines obscured by time and neglect. Murphy's seven-thousand-mile journey by motor through England, Scotland, and Ireland becomes both travelogue and treasure hunt, each chapter revealing the pockets of history and beauty that the casual traveler passes unseen. He stops at well-kept inns, wanders through villages time forgot, and traces connections to figures like William Penn. Written with the reflection of a man who remembers when ocean voyages carried romance, Murphy contrasts modern convenience against the richer, slower paths worth taking. For readers today, it offers a precious snapshot of Britain on the eve of the motor age, an England that existed before bypasses and tourist buses, captured in prose that values the detour over the destination.