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Connecting Texas: True Tales of the People Who Built Our Highways and Bridges
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American roads are about destinations. They’re also about destiny.
The evolution of the national system of roads in the United States is undeniably linked to our unique history and our past and future successes. Today’s roads are a long way from the Model T days, when bold early contractors used mules and Fresnos to build roads and bridges that literally helped people up o ...more
The evolution of the national system of roads in the United States is undeniably linked to our unique history and our past and future successes. Today’s roads are a long way from the Model T days, when bold early contractors used mules and Fresnos to build roads and bridges that literally helped people up o ...more
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Hardcover, 376 pages
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February 4th 2020
by Greenleaf Book Group Press
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I received this book as part of a Goodreads giveaway. Traveling to Texas every week for work over the years has inspired me to learn more about the state. This book is a great book to share with awesome pictures. I learned a great deal and have already passed the book on to a friend moving to Texas in hopes to spread the love.
I don’t know how many thousands of miles I’ve driven Texas highways. I lived eight years in El Paso on the state’s extreme western edge (it’s in the Mountain time zone). My family moved to Washington D.C. but my daughter is getting her PhD at UT-Austin and my son has moved out west. We often fly, but my wife and I have seen our share of distant tornadoes, armadillos, and bug storms that have made the front windshield all but opaque. I have made “Amarillo By Morning.” Literally. I’ve been in all
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Gary Scharrer, who is part Texan and part Michigander, has written a book that is colorful, historic and as big as the great State of Texas. What it is not is a coffee table book. It is also not just about the road builders and the politicians; it is something the ordinary motorist will find worth reading. Note: When the interstate highway system was proposed, two of its major supporters in the U.S. Senate were Prescott Bush, R-Connecticut, and Al Gore, D-Tennessee. Who would have thought, Schar
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Beautiful coffee table book with lots of heart. Not just the documentation of the building of the highways of Texas but the people who were involved. Amazing photographs highlighted with portraits of people make the construction aspect personal. Thanks Goodreads for the giveaway.
Ahh what a great book. Beautifil pictures and lots of information
Great. Lots of knowledge. Well written
Awesome!!!!
This is a beautiful coffee table book with lots of information and beautiful pictures.
Un libro completo sulla storia delle strade in Texas. L'ho letto per puro interesse personale, e l'ho trovato molto molto interessante! Sicuramente ad alcuni potrà sembrare noioso, e a tratti lo era, ma è un buon testo nonfiction sulla storia del Texas.
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A nice coffee table style book that has interesting information and nice photos
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