The Ship Hotel - A Grand View Along the Lincoln Highway (Electronic book text)


The larger-than-life hotel shaped like a ship,once lodged in Pennsylvanias Allegheny Mountains along the coast-to-coast Lincoln Highway, is one of the countrys all-time favorite roadside attractions. In this fascinating book-liberally illustrated with vintage postcards, photos, and blueprints-author Brian Butko weaves together interviews and surviving documents to tell the eight-decade story of this beloved icon of the road that was also a monument to grand ideas, whimsy, and good old hucksterism.

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The larger-than-life hotel shaped like a ship,once lodged in Pennsylvanias Allegheny Mountains along the coast-to-coast Lincoln Highway, is one of the countrys all-time favorite roadside attractions. In this fascinating book-liberally illustrated with vintage postcards, photos, and blueprints-author Brian Butko weaves together interviews and surviving documents to tell the eight-decade story of this beloved icon of the road that was also a monument to grand ideas, whimsy, and good old hucksterism.

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Stackpole Books

Country of origin

United States

Release date

March 2010

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Electronic book text

Pages

96

ISBN-13

978-6612935077

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9786612935077

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6612935073



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