In 1919, when the country was converting from the horse-and-buggy to the automobile; an engineer surveying, inspecting, and laying out highways in New Mexico for the US Bureau of Public Roads as to was assigned a WWI Army surplus Model T, and he drove over 63,000 miles between 1919 and 1923,

Trails and roads, if there were any at all, were deeply rutted from wagon wheels and littered with nails, screws, and spikes that had fallen off of supply wagons. Manuevering through the countryside and over mountain passes, day or night, proved to be for the hardy of spirit and was a true test of stamina.

in the form of his actual letters (actual full letter example at https://amphoraeditions.com/kenneth-balcombs-model-t ) to wife Katharine and brother John, an engineer, these tales chronicle an era in the United States when the country was experiencing the birth and growth of its National Highway System. 

 Soft cover, 188 pgs, 25 vintage photographs, $14.00

https://amphoraeditions.com/modelt/