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Ford, Edison, and Burroughs Were America’s Oddest Road Warriors

hands on the wheel

In the early 20th Century, America’s foremost industrialist, inventor, and naturalist embarked on a series of road trips that were inspired by Thoreau and anticipated Kerouac.

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