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Today, we are experiencing perhaps the most important energy transition since Eisenhower’s day—from petroleum to renewables—and that change will require minds as equally visionary as his.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s14\"\u003ePraise for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s15\"\u003eIke’s Road Trip\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s16\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s16\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e“The bulk of this story details the trials and tribulations of the convoy, and it’s as engaging as any tale of westward expansion.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e great ride in every sense. This is history at its most engaging.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Ted Widmer\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s18\"\u003eLincoln on the Verge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003e“An epic story—and a reminder that we desperately need twenty-first century visionaries who will do as much to put us \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s20\"\u003eoff\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003e the hydrocarbon road.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Bill McKibben\u003c\/strong\u003e, author \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s20\"\u003eThe Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e“Although the energy transition began before the Interstate Highway System was initiated, Ike understood from the transcontinental convoy of 1919 and during the fight for the German Autobahn during WWII that no modern society could exist without the capacity to link itself into one cohesive country.”  \u003cstrong\u003e—Susan Eisenhower\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s22\"\u003eHow Ike Led\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003e“Deploying a talent shared with Eisenhower, Black recognizes the links between the small details and the larger picture—none larger than the history of energy transitions.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—J.R. McNeill\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s20\"\u003eThe Webs of Humankind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s23\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s23\"\u003eF\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s23\"\u003eun and enlightening\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s23\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s23\"\u003e”  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s23\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Adam Rome\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s23\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s24\"\u003eThe Bulldozer in the Countryside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003eAn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003e accessible and insightful book whose issues resonate today more than ever.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Thomas Zeller\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s20\"\u003eConsuming Landscapes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eAn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e eye-opener. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s20\"\u003eIke’s Road Trip\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eenriches Eisenhower historiography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s20\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eencourages readers to ponder energy choices they will face.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s25\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eMichael J.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eBirkner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e, editor of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s20\"\u003eDemocracy’s Shield\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s25\"\u003e“Brian C. Black’s wonderful telling of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s26\"\u003eIke’s Road Trip\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s25\"\u003e introduces readers to a little-known story about an American icon of the twentieth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s25\"\u003e” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s25\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s25\"\u003eEdward T. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s25\"\u003eLinenthal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s25\"\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s26\"\u003eSacred Ground\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s27\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s27\"\u003eAn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s27\"\u003e insightful and enjoyable take on America’s long love affair with cars and roads.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eRaechel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Lutz\u003c\/strong\u003e, co-editor of American Energy Cinema \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e“Brian C. 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From the Bunker Hill monument in Massachusetts to the Camden Battlefield Site in South Carolina, this is a tour of an American cultural landscape with a curious, perceptive, and insightful guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reader steps inside cabins at Valley Forge where nearly two thousand soldiers perished during a cruel winter, meets the chef at Philadelphia’s City Tavern where the menu is based on 18th century fare, seeks out the Swamp Fox in Georgia, visits the homes of Alexander Hamilton, John and Abigail Adams, the Joseph Webb House on the Connecticut River where French general Rochambeau made plans with Washington, and much more. An unvarnished view, we also see Philipsburg Manor, in Sleepy Hollow, New York, where Blacks were once held as slaves to work in the Hudson River Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor armchair travelers and anyone fascinated by Americana, Van Doren (\u003cem\u003eThe House Tells the Story: Homes of the American Presidents\u003c\/em\u003e) has created an unforgettable journey through history. We see the Founders—both their stunning achievements and chilling moral failures—where they lived, fought, and agreed on a common purpose, to create a nation whose future—and it’s legacy—is continually evolving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCritical Praise for\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the Founder’s Footsteps\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An odyssey in words and pictures through landmarks of the American Revolution . . . 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An untold story of the Civil War Era: pacifists in Boston who led the fight to end slavery without violence and war.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHas there ever been good violence or a good war? The American Civil War is likely considered to be so since there seemed to be no alternative. Or was there? Before the war, Bostonian abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison correctly predicted that fighting would not bring about real freedom and justice. If emancipation came about through violence, he believed, it would take at least a century for Black people to get their rights. As we now know, it has taken even longer than that.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere is the story of Garrison and other abolitionists, Black and white, male and female, who advocated a peaceful end to slavery and the start of human rights for Black people. The Boston Clique, as they were called, were victorious in persuading their fellow Bostonians to end Jim Crow laws on Massachusetts’ railroads. Persuasion was, these pacificists believed, the only means to lasting change.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn these pages, we find Frederick Douglass and lesser-known Black abolitionists, William Nell and Charles Remond. We meet leading feminists of the nineteenth century Lydia Maria Child, Margaret Fuller, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Additional key figures include Adin Balou, William Ladd, and Noah Worcester whose voices for nonviolence impacted Leo Tolstoy, Gandhi, and Dr. Martin Luther King.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStill, if it meant a faster end to the horrors of slavery, wasn’t violence the answer? 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