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Series
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Horatio Nelson Jackson, an eccentric Vermont doctor, drove from San Francisco to New York City, in 1903 to became the first person to drive an automobile across the continent - a feat never before accomplished. It would mark the beginning of a new era in America and the end of another. It took Lewis & Clark over two years to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific - Horatio went the opposite direction, by means of the "Horseless carriage", in less than...
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
"It's May of 1903 and Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson is gearing up for the journey of a lifetime: the first road trip across the USA! After a heated debate about the power of "horseless carriages," aka cars, Dr. Jackson accepts a $50 bet that he can make the trip from San Francisco to New York in less than three months. Sure, he doesn't quite know how to drive and no one else has been able to make the trip before him, but Dr. Jackson knows this time will...
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