From the PBS program, this book is the story of the first coast-to-coast automobile trip, in 1903, when Dr. Horatio Jackson of New York City bet a friend that he could get to San Francisco in 90 days. Along with his mechanic, Sewall Crocker, and his bulldog, Bud, Jackson proved--despite a lack of maps or paved roads--that it could be done. But it wasn`t easy....
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