{"product_id":"9783849674946","title":"Historic Highways of America: Volume 11: Pioneer Roads and Experiences of Travelers (I)","description":"A series of monographs on the History of America as portrayed in the evolution of its Highways of War, Commerce, and Social Expansion. Comprising the following volumes: \u003cp\u003ePaths of the Mound-Building Indians and Great Game Animals. \u003cbr\u003eIndian Thoroughfares. \u003cbr\u003eWashington's Road: The First Chapter of the Old French War. \u003cbr\u003eBraddock's Road. \u003cbr\u003eThe Old Glade (Forbes's) Road. \u003cbr\u003eBoone's Wilderness Road. \u003cbr\u003ePortage Paths: The Keys of the Continent. \u003cbr\u003eMilitary Roads of the Mississippi Basin. \u003cbr\u003eWaterways of Westward Expansion. \u003cbr\u003eThe Cumberland Road. \u003cbr\u003ePioneer Roads of America (two volumes). \u003cbr\u003eThe Great American Canals (two volumes). \u003cbr\u003eThe Future of Road-Making in America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first chapter of this volume presents an introduction to the two volumes of this series devoted to Pioneer Roads and Experiences of Travelers. The evolution of American highways from Indian trail to macadamized road is described; the Lancaster Turnpike, the first macadamized road in the United States, being taken as typical of roads of the latter sort. An experience of a noted traveler, Francis Baily, the eminent British astronomer, is presented in chapter two. The third chapter is devoted to the story of Zane's Trace from Virginia to Kentucky across Ohio, and its terminal, the famous Maysville Pike. It was this highway which precipitated President Jackson's veto of the Internal Improvement Bill of 1830, one of the epoch-making vetoes in our economic history. The last chapter is the vivid picture of Kentucky travel drawn by Judge James Hall in his description of \"The Emigrants,\" in Legends of the West.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jazzybee Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052974620912,"sku":"9783849674946","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783849674946_p0.jpg?v=1763696916","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783849674946","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}