Lincoln Road Trip

by Jane Simon Ammeson

America's favorite president sure got around. From his time as a child in Kentucky, as a lawyer in Illinois, and all the way to the Oval Office, Abraham Lincoln toured across the countryside and cities and stayed at some amazing locations.

In Lincoln Road Trip: The Back-Roads Guide to America's Favorite President, Jane Simon Ammeson will help you step back into history by visiting the sites where Abe lived and visited. This fun and entertaining travel guide includes the stories behind the quintessential Lincoln sites, but also takes you off the beaten path to fascinating and lesser-known historical places. Visit the Log Inn in Warrenton, Indiana (now the oldest restaurant in the state), which opened in 1825 and where Lincoln stayed in 1844, when he was campaigning for Henry Clay. You can also visit key places in Lincoln's life, like the home of merchant Colonel Jones, who allowed a young Abe to read all his books, or Ward's Academy, where Mary Todd Lincoln attended school.

Along with both famous and overlooked Lincoln attractions, Jane Simon Ammeson profiles nearby attractions to round out your trip, like Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, a third-generation family-owned amusement park that can be partnered with a trip to the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial and Lincoln State Park. Featuring new and exciting Lincoln tales from Springfield, IL; Beardstown, KY; Booneville, IN; Alton, IL; and many more, Lincoln Road Trip is a fun adventure through America's heartland that will bring Lincoln's incredible story to life.

Jane Simon Ammeson is a freelance writer and photographer who specializes in travel, food, and personalities.She writes frequently for many newspapers, magazines, websites, and apps and is the author of 13 books, including Hauntings of the Underground Railroad, Murders that Made Headlines, and How to Murder Your 3 Wealthy Lovers and Get Away With It.

A James Beard Foundation judge, as well as a member of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) and Midwest Travel Journalists Association (MTJA), Jane’s home base is on the shores of Lake Michigan in southwest Michigan. Follow Jane on Facebook; Twitter @HPAmmeson and @travelfoodIN; and on her blogs, Will Travel for Food with Jane Ammeson and janeammeson.blog.

Also available in ebook (ISBN 978-1-68435-065-0) and hardback (ISBN 978-1-68435-094-0)

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, History, Us Presidents, Presidents

227 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 1, 2019

About the author

Ever since she started her own newspaper at age eight, selling it to neighbors who had no choice but to subscribe, Jane has loved to write. She’s now upped her game writing about travel, food, history for newspapers, magazines and Websites and is the author of 14 books including the recently released How to Murder Your Wealthy Lovers and Get Away With It; Murder & Mayhem in the Gilded Age, Lincoln Back Roads and Side Trips, Hauntings of the Underground Railroad: Ghosts of the Midwest and Murders that Made Headlines: Crimes of Indiana. She also authored A Jazz Age Murder in Northwest Indiana, a true crime book about a murder that took place in her hometown. Jane writes a weekly food column for the Herald Palladium and Shelf Life, a book column for the Times of Northwest Indiana, and currently has three Bindu Travel Apps: Michigan Road Trips, Experience Curacao and Indiana Journeys.

A member of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW), the International Food Wine Travel Writers Association (IFWTA) and Midwest Travel Journalists Association (MTJA), Jane’s home base is on the shores of Lake Michigan in Southwest Michigan. Follow Jane on Facebook at janesimonammeson; Twitter @janeammeson1 and @travelfoodIN and on her blogs janeammeson.blog and shelflife.blog

Reviews

[Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is fabulous! Will need to buy to own and refer to! I love all the trivia. As a lifetime Illinois resident and Lincoln fan, this was a real eye opener. I mostly read Lincoln bios as a child, so definitely heard some new info ;)

[Kirk Dobihal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful and entertaining book. Makes anyone who is a Lincoln fan want to trace some of the trails mentioned in this book.

[Renate Deutsche Oma · Rating 3 out of 5]

I began reading Lincoln biographies as a teen. As an American Literature teacher, I taught his speeches. I have traveled the Midwest and visited his Kentucky birthplace, his childhood home in Indiana, his Springfield, Illinois home, his Springfield grave site, and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield. Lincoln Road Trip could not keep this avid travelers attention. Too many minor details that do not truly represent the Lincoln family. To understand this amazing president Lincoln by David Herbert Donald is the best contemporary read. Plus a visit to Springfield and to the Lincoln Museum in Hodgenville, Kentucky.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Author Jane Ammeson brings us a fun travel book that highlights a broad range of lesser-known Lincoln-focused sites in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Ohio. Written as a travelogue, it is fast paced, full of anecdote and presented with enthusiasm. Lots of great info here about sites from Lincoln’s boyhood, as well as from his time on the Illinois 8th Judicial Circuit and the Lincoln-Douglas debates. She does not include the more well-known sites in Springfield, Illinois or Washington, and I think that strengthens what she is trying to give us – a guide for some more casual drives to the heartland which formed Lincoln’s character.

[Renie · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting look into LincolnS life and travels