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This book, about Lincoln's train trip to Washington D.C., was mentioned as providing context for the interviewee's journey, highlighting the historical use of railroads and the various towns passed through.
And then I also recently read a book, which you might not have read. I don't know if I have it here called. Oh, here it is. Called Lincoln on the Verge. 13 Days to Washington.
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This book, about Lincoln's train trip to Washington D.C., was mentioned as providing context for the interviewee's journey, highlighting the historical use of railroads and the various towns passed through.
And then I also recently read a book, which you might not have read. I don't know if I have it here called. Oh, here it is. Called Lincoln on the Verge. 13 Days to Washington.
But but Lincoln was one of the early proponents of sort of American infrastructure. So it's it's this sort of journey along the canals and railroads.
But but I'd first heard of the bunch, a bunch of the towns that you talk about in this book, because he passes through them in this insanely inefficient journey from, you know, the west to the east.