When he told his father, Harry instructed him to go downstairs to call the police. There were no firemen around, and he somehow became convinced that someone accidentally left it there. She arrives soon after Emmett. In present day, Duchess considers how the Oreo incident was a credit in his account, but not enough to offset the entirety of what he owes to Townhouse for the Hondo incident. Finally, Sheriff Peterson shows up, telling Jake to stop, and his deputies disperse the crowd. Its worth noting that Woolly is described as being somewhat child-like, easily fascinated by things and also easily distracted by or led away by things that interest him. Townhouse didnt make a big deal about it, but Duchess knows he owes Townhouse. Back in 1933, Charlie had moved to Nebraska from Boston to be a farmer, but never had much luck with the weather nor skill at farming or business. The Lincoln Highway begins with eighteen-year-old Emmett, recently returned from juvenile detention in 1954, reuniting with his little brother, Billy, on their foreclosed Nebraska farm. Instead, Emmett works quickly to clear up and traces that theyd been there, and they deal with Duchess. Knowing the Fitzy is an alcoholic, Duchess offers to buy him a drink in an attempt to loosen his tongue. The The Lincoln Highway Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. Emmett had brought down the picnic set to urge them to go, and his mother had reluctantly agreed. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This was very helpful to me, especially the careful chronological summary of the events. So, when Sally called Sarahs place, no one picked up and it kept ringing instead. Stranded, Emmett calls Sally to pick him and Billy up. In present day, Emmett learns his father's farm is being foreclosed upon by the bank. Emmett insists he has no intention of going there, but Duchess points out that hes stuck here until Monday anyway. Billy says they werent strangers since theyd spoken for a while. As he looks around the house for anyone, he sees a checklist entitled Closing the House, describing procedures to go through before leaving (like locking the doors and windows, etc.). In addition to the Emerson quotation left to Emmett, there are the recipes handed down to Sally, the officers watch handed down in the Wolcott family, the St. Christopher medal passed from Billy to Ulysses. Summary Chapter 5 begins with a section titled "Woolly." At Woolly's sister's house, Duchess was surprised to learn that Woolly had inherited a Cadillac convertible from his father. Remembering Woollys admiration for Lincoln, Duchess notices that one of the landmarks on the maps is a Lincoln statue. Woolly admits that one of the four cars, a Cadillac convertible, is his, something he inherited from his father. And back at that camp, Ulysses and Billy are attacked by Pastor John. Woolly explains that it wasnt too bed there, except that every day there was an every-day day meaning that the days were structured so that each one was exactly like the last. It seems that Emmetts mother suffered from depression, which was exacerbated by post-partum depression, which is part of the reason why she left. Duchess also takes an inventory of the expenses that are owed to Emmett. The wind also causes some bills to fly away. The two promises Emmett has made are to help Duchess and to check in with Sally. Ulysses shows them the way to get to a camp where they can stay for the night and offers to watch Billy while Emmett takes care of business. He quickly hangs up and hides the phone. In that moment, a black man named Ulysses who knows Pastor John enters the boxcar. Pastor John grabs a shovel to steady himself so he can run after Billy, but instead another man approaches after hearing the commotion. However, the police broke up the event. He wants to start in media res (in the middle of the story), and he considers what the best starting point would be. See Featured Authors Answering Questions Learn more In Chapter 1, Emmett arrives at Woolly's great-grandfather's house to find Woolly dead and Woolly still trying to get the safe open. He also returns Emmett's Studebaker to him, and his friends offer to repaint it since the police seem to have associated as blue Studebaker with whatever crime Duchess committed. Current events make Woolly anxious, but Woolly likes now in old newspapers you can find out what happened. She was a singer who got sick and died. However, hed accidentally set the grass around it and the goalpost on fire, resulting in him being called to the disciplinary committee. In present day, Billy tells Ulysses that according to the book, it took Homers Ulysses ten years to be reunited with his wife and child, so he thinks Ulysses will be reunited with his own family in less than two years. Sally also thinks unhappily about how Emmett had described her going through the time-consuming process of making homemade preserve as unnecessary. His father was an insurance adjuster for damaged ships and his mother was a seamstress. He thinks it might begin with an S. Duchesss next stop is room 42 at the Sunshine Motel, a room where his father, Harrison Harry Hewett, used to stay. Over in Hells Kitchen, Duchess heads to a dive bar called Anchor on W. 45th St. Bernie had tipped him off that Fitzy and his father had often met there at 8 pm each night. In the meantime, the Snyders had told everyone that Emmett had punched Jimmy for accidentally bumping into him. Hed then spotted the encampment due to the campfire, and saw that Billy and Ulysses were there. The panhandler had explained to Emmett that the Sunset East transports metric tons of flour and crackers back and forth from Nabiscos processing facility in Manhattan. He reaches over to grab it, but realizes that because the boat is slightly damaged, moving towards the money causes water to seep into the boat. Ever since, we have met in some New York City restaurant once a month in order to discuss a novel in detail. They all have a delightful dinner, but soon Dennis and Sarah come home. Duchess hits him on the head with a cast-iron skillet and leaves, noting that Ackerly's debt to him has been paid. Ulysses instructs a man named Stew who was cooking some food to give some to Billy and Emmett, and Ulysses pays for their food. They want Emmett and Billy to drive them to New York to retrieve a $150,000 trust fund that has been withheld from Woolly, that they offer to split three ways. The Lincoln Highway Amor Towles The funny thing about a story, thought Woollywhile Emmett was in town, and Duchess was on a walk, and Billy was reading aloud from his big red bookthe funny thing about a story is that it can be told in all sorts of lengths. Emmett Watson has spent a year on a work farm for involuntary manslaughter. He decides to go with Ulysses to travel via boxcar and seek out his own adventure. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. Emmett feels unsure about how to explain what theyre doing to Billy. 1. I got the impression Sarahs pills were sleeping pills, figured Wooly was taking laudanum drops. All Rights Reserved. Odd choice. responsibilities and encumbrances runs throughout this book as well as the competing ideas of exploration, travel and imagination. Then, she calls Sarahs place, but it keeps ringing and no one picks up. After hearing Pastor John yelp in pain (when Billy kicked him), he got up to move toward Pastor John, though not before he heard Stew get knocked out as well. Fitzy soon shows up as expected. . Emmett works on cleaning up, and Sally joins him. He unpacks his collection of stuff that hed shown Billy. Each character is expertly fleshed out and feels like a distinct person. Woolly looks at him with genuine surprise, and Duchess laughs until he cries. As they drive, Sally says that the sheriff came by her place because the cowboy hat guy that had confronted Emmett (along with Jake Snyder) had been attacked. Nearby, they spot a spike in the ground, and Ulysses picks it up. Woolly comes from a rich family, but ended up in a juvenile home for being a troublemaker, but also because of his family's cruelty and . However, his brother-in-law Dennis had him declared "unfit". Afterwards, Emmett hears Duchess telling Billy the story of the Count of Monte Cristo and the characters escape from prison. You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with (He doesn't kill Duchess because he had made a promise to Billy not to lash out again.) Next to him is a picture of Ackerly with two boys, presumably his grandsons. Set in 1954, "The Lincoln Highway" is considered by many to be his best. Warden Williams reassures Emmett that everyone knows that what happened wasnt an indication of Emmetts character and that bad luck played a role in what happed. When they pass by a large stone building, Duchess says he used to live there and asks to take a look for just a minute. Refresh and try again. Mr. He asks them to make a pit stop at the orphanage he stayed in for a few years as a child (because his father abandoned him there temporarily). The Lincoln Highway is a character-driven tale that is and pulled along through narratives of each major individual in the story. As Billy reads, Emmett wonders why the book contains stories about real men like Galileo, da Vinci and Edison alongside stories about mythical heroes. Which character do you think evolves most significantly? Sally had lied, saying he didnt. Townhouses friends and his cousin Maurice goad him on. However, Sally is gracious about it. She was a 28-year-old-ish widow with no kids who worked as a teller at the bank. Billy hopes to find their mother (who left them 8 years ago) there. Ackerly is describes as someone who wasnt inclined to put into words a piece of advice that could be delivered more efficiently with a stick.). They reach a huge house next to a lake. Much of the route in Wyoming today is dirt and gravel and is impassable for much of the year. Before they part ways, Emmett asks what Townhouse plans to do next. This is filled with typos, mis-spellings and downright mistakes! Next to it, he places his medicine as well as a little brown bottle that hed found in his sisters spice rack. The Lincoln Highway is Towles's third historical fiction novel, and like his two previous titles, A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility, it is a #1 New York Times Bestseller. Then, Pastor John spots Billys rucksack. They all sit down to have dinner which Duchess and Billy had prepared. or ask your favorite author a question with Hed decided to walk the 40 miles to the nearest junction in Des Moines instead. We learn that when Duchess was 16, he framed by Harry for a number of thefts in the hotel they were living in (which Harry had actually committed). Emmetts father leaves Emmett a quotation from Ralph Waldo Emersons essay Self-Reliance as part of his legacy. Do you agree with Emersons argument that what is within the individual is new to nature, and that we have no idea of what we can achieve until weve tried? being old enough to drive a fire truck but thinking someone forgot it & he needed to return it to a station??!) However, Duchess drugs Emmett, leaves him at the brothel and ducks out. Duchess wakes up on a row boat with no oar in the lake next to the Wolcott residence. Hes passing by when Jake attacks Emmett, and he watches as Emmett doesnt fight back. Afterward, Emmett looks around the house nostalgically, looking at Billys model planes and surveying his fathers land which hed farmed for twenty years. Right after, Emmett had started formulating a plan to move him and Billy into a fixer-upper that he could renovate and sell. He returned in time to see Emmett and Duchess arguing with each other. He had then grabbed the shovel to wait for the right moment to knock Pastor John out. Its now June 21st, and Emmett tells Billy they should be able to make it to San Francisco by July 4. The two-paragraph version: Emmett (18) has just gotten out of juvie and is now planning to drive down the Lincoln Highway to move to San Francisco with his younger brother Billy (8). . He then asks Woolly about Salina. Theyve promised to return by June 18. The idea of debts. The warden then leaves to make the 3-hour return trip back to Salinas. 14. Duchess thinks about the teachings of Sister Agnes, a nun at St. Nicholass Home for Boys where his father had dropped him off. He later attended Harvard, married a woman he loved named Polly and had two children. This reader did learn about the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental road for automobiles in the United States, dedicated in 1913, but the book is really about four young characters in 1954 who are seeking various futures for themselves. Emmett has carefully planned the trip so they can make it to Omaha to drop off Duchess and Woolly and then to San Francisco in four days flat. (He tells Martha that she is troubled by too many things when only one thing is needful.) That night, Duchess tells Woolly that if he had 50 grand, hed open up a place like Leonellos. In present day, Sarah eventually comes home to find Woolly there. He follows the cowboy hat guy. Emmett reminds Billy that its not necessarily safe to take food from random strangers. The Lincoln Highway. In 1952, Duchess had just turned 16 and was living with his father at the Sunshine Hotel. He offers to drive them back in the morning, but Duchess says that Woolly is unhappy there after Warden Williams fired the nurse that used to supply Woolly with drugs. See the archives. After the Ransoms leave, the brothers catch up, and Emmett explains to Billy that they should to move. However, the following February, a few weeks after Billy was born, his mother seemed tired all the time. Woolly remembers that Sarah stores a key underneath the flowerpot. In the station, Emmett tries to approach one of the workmen at the station to try to get advice on the best way to hop a train, but hes dismissed. In town, Jake Snyder (brother of Jimmy Snyder) accosts Emmett, trying to goad him into a fight and then punching Emmett a few times, though Emmett doesn't fight back. However, two guys (Duchess and Woolly) have snuck out from juvie and have followed Emmett home, hoping to convince him to help with a caper in New York to take back Woolly's $150K trust fund (which Woolly has been deemed "unfit" to access). At the risk of sounding condescending, (but that is not my intention), there are a couple of typos I would be happy to point out if youd like. Feeling good about having squared things away with Townhouse, Duchess thinks about how good deeds can be habit forming, and he decides to give Maurice the keys to Emmetts Studebaker. The story is about 18-year-old Emmett Watson, who was incarcerated in a juvenile detention work camp. I hope you enjoyed the book. It seems there was some incident involving the police where Duchesss father had told Fitzy to lie to the police. Townhouse tells Emmett what transpired with Duchess, and Townhouse warns that two cops showed up yesterday looking for Duchess. I've read historical fictions going back as far as the Civil War era, and doctors were prescribing it freely for people's nervous conditions. Turkish rescuers have pulled out a teenager alive from the rubble of a building in southern Gaziantep province, a miracle recovery that came after 94 hours of earthquakes which also saw the 17-year-old drinking his own "urine to survive." Adnan Muhammet Korkut was rescued late on Thursday from the debris of an apartment in Sehitkamil district . That night, situated in the trains empty car, Emmett and Billy open the cars hatch (with warning from the panhandler to shut it when they near the Chicago station mid-way). The manner in which it is presented, through the varying viewpoints, enables readers to gain a fuller perspective of what is actually happening, and it adds to the compelling nature of story. As Duchess questions Fitzy, Fitzy apologizes for a statement he had written and signed for the po9lice. Later, the doorbell rings, and Woolly hurries to get it. Tom informs them that the bank has no choice but to foreclose on the house, meaning that Emmett and his brother have to move out. Duchess takes the opportunity to apologize for everything. However, Sally says that the sheriff came to see her. One of Woolly's relatives actually says something like since his Father's death, he hasn't been . For a modern tour, westbound: The latter is 3.390 miles long, and it's the U.S.'s very first. He offers it to Billy, who initially declines it, saying that its too precious. The story begins with 18 year old Emmett Watson. When Sally implies that she wants to leave, too, Mr. Randsom comments angrily about how hes given Sally too much lee-way and that shes become too willful. After some research, he agrees to the plan. The City of New York is a thousand cities rolled into one. Pastor John is about to collect the coins and leave when he starts to wonder what else Billy has in his backpack. Web design by Adrian Kinloch, The Lincoln Highway: Questions For Consideration. Instead, Townhouse said that hed snuck in and taken the key from the body shop. Afterwards, Emmett goes for a drive to clear his head. Towles works in pieces of actual history into his story to give it a stronger sense of happening in the time that its set in. Dennis is horrified to see that they emptied four bottles of his fancy wine (Chteau Margaux 28). What smaller legacy have you received that has meant a great deal to you? Emmett finds himself regarding the drunk man with some measure of disdain, while thinking about how Mr. Parker is probably someone who has always been able to get anything he wanted his whole life. Mr. Ransoms daughter Sally soon shows up with Billy and a casserole for them in tow. In Chapters 6 and 5, they all make their way to New York. Earlier that day, when Emmett had said he was taking off on his own to find Duchess and Woolly, Billy had thought about how in his stories heroes liked to take off on their own. Then, he took full advantage of it before finally sneaking out the back stairs when it was time to leave. However, Duchess had sneaked it out and put it into Tommys locker. It references an earlier conversation that Billy and Emmett had (in chapter 8) about how long you have to know someone to be their friend. He renamed himself Abacus. The Lincoln Highway in California: Across the Golden State from Nevada to San Francisco (Highways of the West) Stephen H. Provost 1 Paperback 1 offer from $19.95 The Lincoln Highway: The Story of a Crusade That Made Transportation History Lincoln Highway Association 16 Paperback 11 offers from $7.79 Product details Sally first calls Kaitlin, who is unfriendly when she brings up Woolly. The hotel clerk (after asking for compensation) then directs Emmett to Anchor where Fitzy FitzWilliams can be found. Pastor John initially strikes up a conversation in hopes that Billy will share any food he has with him. 4.2 5K Ratings; $14.99; $14.99; Publisher Description #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . When Duchess inquires about his fathers whereabouts, the attendant Bernie says that the person to ask is Fitzy FitzWilliams. When Ackley investigated the missing food the next day, Tommy was punished, and the boys shared the other box of Oreos which Duchess had hidden. Late in your discussion, after you've had the chance to share a bottle of wine or a few cocktails, tell each other what you would do if you were suddenly given half a million dollars. Then he thinks about it and forcefully knocks Duchess out. He had been named Sam as a boy. He finds the room that hed stayed in for a while after his mother remarried and moved away, since he needed somewhere to stay during breaks from boarding school. It resulted in Jimmy falling over and hitting his head on a cinder block. He sees that Californias growth had exceeded Texass impressive growth over the years. Meanwhile, Emmett and Mr. At that moment, he had felt abandoned by God and by fate. Emmett is angry with Duchess but he thinks about how before they left, Billy had asked Emmett to promise that whenever you feel like hitting someone in anger, first youll count to ten. Woolly is the beneficiary of a trust fund that should have come under his control now that he's 18. With Woolly in Sarah in the city, Duchess is in the house alone, surveying the various rooms. Ransom for watching over Billy while he was gone. (Previous chapters have referenced how Warden William had taken over from Ackerly and made reforms like trying to educate the kids and firing the nurse who was illicitly dispensing drugs. One night, Duchess had seen them sneak two boxes of Oreos from the pantry into Townhouses locker in order to get him in trouble. . That night at the Watsons home, Duchess is snooping around looking for Emmetts car keys when a car pulls up and drops a shoebox on the front porch. As it gets late, Billy starts to worry since Emmett hasnt returned yet. At Sarahs house, Duchess notices Sarah about to put the contents of a little brown bottle into her mug of tea, but he interrupts her. Mr. Parker explains that the two of them are accompanying their friend Alexander Cunningham the Third, the grandson of the owner of this passenger car who is sleeping in the car next door, to Chicago for his wedding. Woolly then muses that it would be magnificent to have a one-of-a-kind kind of day. Emmett confronts Duchess about taking the car, the money and the cops looking for him. Elsewhere, he finds a Louisville Slugger baseball bat and marvels at its design. Afterwards, Duchess and Woolly head for 132 Rhododendron Road in South Bend, which is the address Duchess had gotten for the retired warden Ackerly. He goes to Kaitlins first, who is not happy to see him there, asking why so many people are suddenly coming around looking for Woolly. $ 14.95. It is a good summary but full of typos, extra words and words left out. Now, as they go looking for Ulysses, they all end up at the abandoned railroad camp. The old man says Duchesss father recently vacated the room and left something behind. However, Emmett disagrees that he has paid his debt. The Lincoln Highway: A Novel: Towles, Amor, Ballerini, Edoardo, Ireland, Marin, Graham, Dion: 9780593452097: Amazon.com: Books Books Literature & Fiction Genre Fiction Buy new: $36.98 List Price: $50.00 Details Save: $13.02 (26%) FREE Returns FREE delivery Friday, February 10. He thinks about how his boarding schools had been like that, too. He had just found an axe in the boathouse and had resumed trying to get into the safe just as Emmett had shown up. He promises to be back soon and to give Emmett his share of the cash when they return. When the train reaches New York, Billy, Ulysses and Emmett all disembark. Required fields are marked *. The police ended up tracking Woolly down, and he ended up in Salina. Instead, as he heads to another agency, a man name Mr. Morton (along with his African grey bird, Mr. Winslow, who is part of his act) stops him. Woolly's sister, Sarah, observes to Emmett: "If you take a trait that by all appearances is a merita trait that is praised by pastors and poets, a trait that we have come to admire in our friends and hope to foster in our childrenand you give it to some poor soul in abundance, it will almost certainly prove an obstacle to their happiness." Bursting with life, charm and unforgettable characters, The Lincoln Highway is an extraordinary journey through 1950s America from a master storyteller. Duchess manages to convince the officer that Woolly is mentally deficient, so the officer lets him go with a warning to keep a closer eye on Woolly in the future. Duchess notes now as they drive, Woolly listens intently to the commercials. Duchess remembers Fitzy, who was an old friend of his fathers and also an actor. 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