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Touring the West with Leaping Lena 1925

Touring the West with Leaping Lena 1925( )
Author: Clark, W. C.
Editor: Dary, David
ISBN:978-0-8061-5228-8
Publication Date:Apr 2016
Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $21.95
Book Description:

Framed by an introduction and annotations that set the story in context, and illustrated with photographs of gas stations, roadside attractions, and roadsters typical of the day, Touring the West with Leping Lena gives a firsthand glimpse into the early days of cross-country automobile trips. Readers will enjoy its historical detail even as they realize that when it comes to family road trips, some things haven't changed.

Book Details
Pages:300
Detailed Subjects: Travel / Essays & Travelogues
Travel / United States / West / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.86 Inches
Book Weight:1.07 Pounds
Author Biography
Clark, W. C. (Author)
David Dary is a writer, journalist, and social historian.

Dary worked for newspapers in Kansas and Texas early on in his career and eventually moved on to work for both CBS and NBC news. He then took the position of professor at the William Allan White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas.

The themes of Dary's books center on many aspects of life in the western United States. Dary has written Red Blood and Black Ink: Journalism in the Old West, Entrepreneurs of the Old West, and Seeking Pleasure in the Old West, which received a Western Writers of America Spur Award. He has also received a Cowboy Hall of Fame Wrangler Award and the Westerner's International Award for his book Cowboy Culture.

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