{"product_id":"great-american-journeys-national-geographic-society-first-edition-1989","title":"Great American Journeys — National Geographic Society, First Edition (1989)","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003efirst-edition 1989 National Geographic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e exploration of American travel, history, and landscape, following historic routes by the same basic forms of transportation that originally shaped them: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon foot and horseback, by boat, by train, and by automobile\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRather than functioning as a conventional travel guide, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGreat American Journeys\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sends four writers across the country to retrace routes deeply embedded in American history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCynthia Russ Ramsay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows the Wilderness Road through the Appalachian highlands and the route of the Pony Express across the West. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJennifer C. Urquhart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores American waterways, traveling the Mississippi by steamboat, West Virginia's Kanawha River by flatboat, and Lake Huron by sail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTom Melham\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e examines the American railroad experience aboard a steam locomotive through Colorado's Animas River canyon and Amtrak's Empire Builder between Chicago and Seattle. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThomas O'Neill\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e takes to the road, following portions of the historic National Road and stagecoach routes through the American Southwest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished near the end of the 20th century, the book is now an interesting piece of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecultural and transportation history in its own right\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Its writers encountered historic routes not as preserved abstractions but as living landscapes still connected to communities, railroads, waterways, highways, and traditions of travel. The photographs consequently document both the country's geography and the late-1980s America encountered along the way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book is extensively illustrated in the characteristic National Geographic style, combining large-format color photography, maps, historical background, and firsthand reporting. It provides a visual record of the ways geography, transportation technology, and human movement helped shape the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContributing Writers:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Cynthia Russ Ramsay, Jennifer C. 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