Burlington Public Library

"Breaking History books offer a front row seat to history as it broke (like 'breaking news') and give the blow-by-blow of historical discovery--what we learned, when we learned it, who made the discovery, and how. Lost America is an illustrated look at fascinating places in the United States that have existed only in myth and have never been found, those that were abandoned and why, and those that were lost to social upheaval or natural disaster....

An elderly couple happily spend their days waving to all the passersby on their rural road--until a freeway is built; but, they refuse to lose hope and eventually life returns to the way it was.

Repeats some columns from the Rocky Mountain news written by Foster, former editor of the newspaper.

Recounts the history of the stagecoach in America from the early days of the Republic to the westward expansion, using illustrations, historical documents, maps, and fictional diary entries.

I wanted to drive the American roads at the century's end, to look at the country again, from border to border and beach to beach...