All the Way to Lincoln Way: A Coast to Coast Bicycle Odyssey

by Bill Roe

The personal journal of a bicycle ride along the Lincoln Highway, America's first transcontintential road, from San Francisco to New York City. The high quality 192 page book is filled with 238 black and white photos and 8 pages of color photos in the center of the book with 40 photos. Biking and travel quotations are featured throughout the book that has a color cover and is ten and a half inches wide and eight and a quarter inches tall.

Genres: Travel

192 pages, Paperback

First published August 25, 2000

Reviews

[Jeff Rosendahl · Rating 3 out of 5]

This should be a book I really liked. Roe does a fairly good job of describing the remaining landmarks of the Lincoln Highway that he encounters. He does a creditable job of describing some of the encounters with people he has along the way. He relates interesting stories about the towns he goes through. But I just wasn't wowed by the book. Certainly it's better than some other touring books I've read. Perhaps because it's been 20 years since his ride. In any case, 3.5 stars. He includes lots of great photos along with the text, I wish they would have been in color instead of black & white. There are a few pages of color photos in the middle of the book.

[Bob Rapp · Rating 4 out of 5]

Roe does a better job than most journals I’ve read incorporating encounters with locals along his travels and he has a lot of interesting photos of things you only see along backcountry roads. I give him credit for not skipping any miles and trying to be true to the old Lincoln Highway route. Having a support vehicle allowed more side trips and higher daily mileage though. I wish I would have read it before it was 20 plus years old but much of it may not have changed that much in the rural areas since then.