The Old Pike (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes ThereonBy Thomas B. Searight
Length16h 37m
About this audiobook
Thomas B. Searight's The Old Pike is a richly textured history of the National Road, the great early federal highway that carried settlers, merchants, stagecoaches, drovers, and politicians westward from Cumberland toward the Ohio Valley. Blending documentary history with anecdote, local memory, biographical sketches, and roadside lore, Searight writes in the antiquarian mode of the late nineteenth century, preserving the social world of taverns, tollgates, wagon stands, and coach lines before it vanished under the pressure of the railroad age. Searight was deeply rooted in southwestern Pennsylvania, one of the regions most shaped by the road's traffic and prosperity. His familiarity with Fayette County and its surrounding communities gave him access not only to records and public history but also to recollections of drivers, innkeepers, travelers, and families whose lives were bound to the pike. The book reflects both civic pride and a historian's anxiety that a formative chapter of American mobility might be forgotten. Readers interested in transportation history, regional Americana, early national expansion, or the lived experience of nineteenth-century travel will find The Old Pike indispensable. It is not merely a chronicle of a road, but a memorial to a culture of movement that helped knit the young republic together.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length16 hrs 37 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 2, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
26CHAPTER XXIV.
2ILLUSTRATIONS.
27CHAPTER XXV.
3CHAPTER I.
28CHAPTER XXVI.
4CHAPTER II.
29CHAPTER XXVII.
5CHAPTER III.
30CHAPTER XXVIII.
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6CHAPTER IV.
31CHAPTER XXIX.
7CHAPTER V.
32CHAPTER XXX.
8CHAPTER VI.
33CHAPTER XXXI.
9CHAPTER VII.
34CHAPTER XXXII.
10CHAPTER VIII.
35CHAPTER XXXIII.
11CHAPTER IX.
36CHAPTER XXXIV.
12CHAPTER X.
37CHAPTER XXXV.
13CHAPTER XI.
38CHAPTER XXXVI.
14CHAPTER XII.
39CHAPTER XXXVII.
15CHAPTER XIII.
40CHAPTER XXXVIII.
16CHAPTER XIV.
41CHAPTER XXXIX.
17CHAPTER XV.
42CHAPTER XL.
18CHAPTER XVI.
43CHAPTER XLI.
19CHAPTER XVII.
44CHAPTER XLII.
20CHAPTER XVIII.
45CHAPTER XLIII.
21CHAPTER XIX.
46CHAPTER XLIV.
22CHAPTER XX.
47CHAPTER XLV.
23CHAPTER XXI.
48CHAPTER XLVI.
24CHAPTER XXII.
49CHAPTER XLVII.
25CHAPTER XXIII.
50APPENDIX.
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