The king's best highway, the lost history of the Boston Post Road, the route that made America, Eric Jaffe
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The king's best highway, the lost history of the Boston Post Road, the route that made America, Eric Jaffe
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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maps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The king's best highway
Oclc number
464593163
Responsibility statement
Eric Jaffe
Sub title
the lost history of the Boston Post Road, the route that made America
Table Of Contents
From Indian path to post road -- The "ordinary way" -- Of fidelity and fate -- Benjamin Franklin, postman -- Inflammatory papers and tavern politicians -- The general and the blacksmith -- Setting the business in motion -- The railroad as highway -- The great Boston-New York rivalry -- Toward union -- Barnum, Morgan, and New England's "invisible government" -- The nation's road standard -- Colonel Pope and the good roads movement -- "Rocks, ruts, and thank-you-marms" -- Highway Route 1, relocated -- Changing the face of America -- Cruising the BPR
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- New York (N.Y.) -- Relations -- Massachusetts -- Boston
- Transportation and state -- United States -- History
- Post roads -- New York Region -- History
- Boston (Mass.) -- Relations -- New York (State) -- New York
- Boston Post Roads -- History
- Post roads -- Massachusetts -- Boston Region -- History
- Social change -- United States -- History
- Roads -- United States -- History
- Transportation + Social aspects -- United States -- History
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- New York (N.Y.) -- Relations -- Massachusetts -- Boston
- Transportation and state -- United States -- History
- Post roads -- New York Region -- History
- Boston (Mass.) -- Relations -- New York (State) -- New York
- Boston Post Roads -- History
- Post roads -- Massachusetts -- Boston Region -- History
- Social change -- United States -- History
- Roads -- United States -- History
- Transportation + Social aspects -- United States -- History
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