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After Thoughts
433 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1945
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December 24, 2009
Unfortunately, world traveler and author Lee Meriwether is almost forgotten these days. Only one of his books, "A Tramp Trip" (1887)is in print. Google the name, and you get the screen and TV actress.
A long-time resident of St. Louis, he lived to 103 and died in 1966. He was well known enough that the New York Times did an obituary. "After Thoughts" (1945), which a friend lent me, is a followup to his 1942 autobiography "My Yesteryears."
One of the most interesting chapters is called "Motoring Then and Now," and details the first days of the automobile in the United States, at the turn of the 20th century. Meriwether took his Maxwell in 1905 from St. Louis to Chicago to New York. It took 18 hours to go the first 65 miles because of rain and muddy roads. He also writes about auto trips to Europe in 1909 and to Europe and North Africa in 1924. This was a time before asphalt highways, road signs, gas stations, and dependable cars.
Another chapter, "California Then and Now" looks at San Francisco during visits in 1884 and 1887, long before the 1906 earthquake.
The book is a fascinating look at this country and other countries during the first five decades of the 20th century by a man who was born during the American Civil War and died when Lyndon Johnson was president.
A long-time resident of St. Louis, he lived to 103 and died in 1966. He was well known enough that the New York Times did an obituary. "After Thoughts" (1945), which a friend lent me, is a followup to his 1942 autobiography "My Yesteryears."
One of the most interesting chapters is called "Motoring Then and Now," and details the first days of the automobile in the United States, at the turn of the 20th century. Meriwether took his Maxwell in 1905 from St. Louis to Chicago to New York. It took 18 hours to go the first 65 miles because of rain and muddy roads. He also writes about auto trips to Europe in 1909 and to Europe and North Africa in 1924. This was a time before asphalt highways, road signs, gas stations, and dependable cars.
Another chapter, "California Then and Now" looks at San Francisco during visits in 1884 and 1887, long before the 1906 earthquake.
The book is a fascinating look at this country and other countries during the first five decades of the 20th century by a man who was born during the American Civil War and died when Lyndon Johnson was president.
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