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Westward Hoboes: Ups and Downs of Frontier Motoring

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. Dixon drove cross-country with two photographers on a great journey of discovery from Boston to the west coast and back. Rather than a dry travelog, her sense of fun and adventure are obvious in every page. - Summary by LynneT (11 hr 50 min)

Chapters

Westward Ho!

12:44

From New York to Antoine’s

14:33

A Long Ways from Home

13:57

Chivalry vs. Gumbo

19:50

Nibbling at the Map of Texas

23:33

“Down by the Rio Grande”

23:03

Sandstorms, Bandits and Dead Soldiers

23:38

Tucson

13:29

Twenty Per Cent Grades, Forty Per Cent Vanilla

28:47

The Apache Trail and Tonto Valley

47:58

Friday the Thirteenth

43:57

Why Isleta’s Church Has a Wooden Floor

23:48

Sante Fé and the Valley of the Rio Grande

1:09:35

Saying Good-by to Bill

26:32

Laguna and Acoma

30:33

The Grand Canyon and the Havasupai Canyon

27:10

From Williams to Fort Apache

18:50

The Land of the Hopis

26:53

The Four Corners

21:14

Rainbow Bridge

54:02

The Canyon de Chelley

20:21

North of Gallup

31:00

On National Parks and Guides

37:08

The Nail-file and the Chippewa

22:06

Homeward Hoboes

35:19