Guest Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 check your PBS station for this Ken Burns Documentary about the first road trip across the US. It Airs in NYC on Monday the 6th, from 9-11pm on channel 13.I'm sure it will be in your area also. You can buy the book.In 1903 America, there were only 150 miles of paved roads, and the landscape was a sparse network of small towns - a delicious enticement for 31-year-old Vermont doctor Horatio Jackson and his two companions, mechanic Sewall Crocker and Bud the dog. Taking a $50 bet, Jackson and company piled into his open-air Winton car and drove from San Francisco to New York City. This lively account of adventures and misadventures - the four-hour detour and the flat tire changed in sub-zero weather - captures Jackson's unquenchable good humor and his love of the open road. Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan do their usual masterful job of weaving excerpts from Jackson's letters to his wife and his financial backer into a literate but zesty story that is quintessentially American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Thank you Tommy! I'd have missed that if you hadn't mentioned it. I did thumb through the book at Barnes & Nobel, and noted that it will make a great Christmas gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SalG (Sal Grenci) Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 I have always enjoyed the work of Ken and Rick Burns. The multi hour/night they did on New York was great and the update to reflect 9/11 ran often during the 9/11 2 year mark. Go to http://www.pbs.org/horatio/ for local listings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John N. Packard Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 tommy1927, Chesapeake Region members had the privilege of providing cars for a press conference at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History on this past Tuesday announcing the late November opening of the "America on the Move" exhibit in the General Motors wing. The featured car in our caravan was Kisling's replica of the 1903 Winton that he drove cross country this past summer to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Horatio Jackson's trip in 1903. Ken Burns rode in the Winton with Kisling from the Ritz Carlton hotel down to the museum. Dayton Duncan the author of the book rode right behind them in Paul Habicht's 1928 Studebaker. General Motors entertained everyone with a reception and dinner at the museum that evening. We all had a great time!jnp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter J.Heizmann Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 John...hope all is well.Very interesting. Regards, Peter J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 John ~ Tell Paul I said he has had that car long enough. Time to trade it in. He must have had that Studebaker for 30 years or more. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> ~ Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Stoneberg Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 The amazing thing about this story is that we up against factory sponsered teams from Packard and Oldsmobile and beat them both. How long do you suppose it took ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John N. Packard Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Howard, Paul will be taking the Studebaker up to the car corral at Hershey and if he gets his price it will be gone.Bill, Jackson completed the trip in 63 1/2 days. Tom Fetch started a month after Jackson, so Jackson completed the ordeal first.jnp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poci1957 Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Watched the show last night (I have not seen the book) and found it to be excellent, a great story and the photography with the Winton was good too. Todd C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 yes i watch it also.....crazy..... to bad us "poor folk" had to work and did not have the $7,000.00 to pull a stunt like that!Oh, the board rich people, if it's not cars in 1909, it's ballons in 2002.I would think the first "family" road trip would be more of a challenge.. you know how the women folk are, with out a Gap store on the route <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest c.johnson Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 "ARE WE THERE YET?""ARE WE THERE YET?""ARE WE THERE YET?""ARE WE THERE YET?""ARE WE THERE YET?""ARE WE THERE YET?""ARE WE THERE YET?""ARE WE THERE YET?""ARE WE THERE YET?""ARE WE THERE YET?""ARE WE THERE YET?""ARE WE THERE YET?""ARE WE THERE YET?""ARE WE THERE YET?""ARE WE THERE YET?""ARE WE THERE YET?""ARE WE THERE YET?" <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />cj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John N. Packard Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 HALFWAY! <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amphicar BUYER Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 I GOTTA PEE!!! <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 I found the book in Media Play last night and just started reading it. Neat book and apparently the trip was supposed to be completed in under 90 days. I have not seen the TV show yet.Times sure have changed, who would have that much time for a trip that long today, and apparently his wifes money financed the car and the trip ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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