{"product_id":"1930-the-first-automobile-trip-in-north-america-from-manhattan-to-managua-9781938086670","title":"1930: The First Automobile Trip in North America, from Manhattan to Managua","description":"\u003cp\u003eImagine setting out on a road trip in a 1929 Ford Model A Roadster, with the stated goal of traveling from Manhattan to Mexico and Central America, after only a week's worth of preparation. This is exactly what brothers Arthur Lyon and Joe Lyon Jr. did on March 23, 1930. The Lyons acquired some camping gear, studied a few maps, and mounted in the car's rear seat a fifty-five-gallon oil drum equipped with a gas feed for extra fuel. They divided up the princely sum of $324 in cash to fund their expedition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story related here is replete with the brothers' accounts of the challenges the young men faced on their epic journey, including encounters with a fascinating cast of characters--and unforgettable brushes with fate such as a Mexican freight train that nearly ran them and their car off the rails. The amazing 1930 journey of the young Lyon brothers can be seen as the centerpiece of a larger story, of a pair of lives lived out not just as brothers but as partners in an emerging automobile age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e George F. Thompson Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938086670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 8.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Arthur Lyon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52452254810293,"sku":"9781938086670","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2c3dbc7c-91cb-4d78-b408-93c8fcdebe85.jpg?v=1776826422","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/1930-the-first-automobile-trip-in-north-america-from-manhattan-to-managua-9781938086670","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}