Coast to coast

Coast to Coast presents an extraordinary journey via rail, steamboat, automobile and even horseback of a continent just beginning to discover itself. Travelling through the great cities, magnificent landscapes and highways of a bygone America, the book is illustrated with vintage photographs, posters, travel brochures and other ephemera.With five maps and nine colour inserts of facsimile menus, guidebooks and vintage postcards displaying everything from cog railways running up MountWashington to ostrich farms outside Pasadena, this brilliantly researched book provides a tour of an America just beginning to flex its muscles as a world-class tourist attraction.