Ocean to Ocean on Horseback in 1876: A Journey Across America – Enlarged Illustrated Special Edition blue footed booby After downing countless beers

After downing countless beers

the second volume in the “Masterpieces of the Centennial Exhibition” series takes a dynamic look at late 19th-century artistry

A Life of George Westinghouse

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Chapter 10 – Thomas Dunn Brown

Ocean to Ocean on Horseback in 1876: A Journey Across America – Enlarged Illustrated Special Edition blue footed booby After downing countless beersBarely a decade after the American Civil War, a daring writer rode from sea to shining sea across a new country reeling from turmoil, expanding into the great unknown. On May 9th, 1876, Captain Willard Glazier left Boston, Massachusetts, on a journey that many would have called foolhardy and suicidal. In the days long before cars, interstates, cell phones, and air travel, one man dared to ride across the country that he loved from The Atlantic to