02444cam a2200517 i 4500 2556732688 TxAuBib 20250908120000.0 250427s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781476746746 1476746745 (OCoLC)1460927835 TxAuBib rda Dodson, James, author. The road that made America : a modern pilgrim's journey on the Great Wagon Road / James Dodson. Modern pilgrim's journey on the Great Wagon Road. First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition. New York : Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster LLC, 2025. xi, 396 pages : map ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier cri rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Prologue: The Lost Mill -- Beginnings -- Heroes and Villains -- Brother against Brother -- Awakenings -- Revelations -- The Road Home -- Epitaph -- After the road: The Stone in the Road -- Bibliography and Further Reading. The Great Wagon Road became America’s first technology highway, as growing roadside villages and towns and cities became, in effect, the first incubators of America’s early Industrial age. The people and ideas that traveled down the road shaped the character of the fledgling nation and helped define who we are today. 20250908. Dodson, James Travel. Colonists. Pioneers. Georgia History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Maryland History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. North Carolina History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Pennsylvania History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Virginia History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. South Carolina History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783. Great Philadelphia Wagon Road. TXKIP