by HUGHES, Edith Wakeman
HUGHES, Edith Wakeman. MOTORING IN WHITE FROM DAKOTA TO CAPE COD. New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1917. 8vo. Original black boards. (2), 98 pag with 7 plates from photographs. First edition. A native of Bismarck, North Dakota, the author is best known for her philanthropic work on behalf of the American Braille Institute and other wort causes. But she was also a writer, and this work is a charming example of th motoring narratives that proliferated in the early decades of the 20th centur Mr. Hughes--an engineer, inventor, and state legislator---owned the first automobile in North Dakota and had been pestering his wife to agree to a cross-country trip for years. She finally agreed, as long as she got to plan the route, stock the car with anything and everything a motor traveler might need, and, of course "keep a perfect log of the trip. Near fine. Hardcover lightly rubbed. 39968.
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