3, Wyoming. The Lincoln Highway is the story, mainly, of four boysbrothers Emmett and Billy Watson and Emmett's friends Woolly and Duchesstrying to come to terms with life and loss in 1954. Over fifteen years ago, three friends and I formed a reading group. For a modern tour, westbound: One of the pleasures of writing fiction is discovering upon completion of a project that some thread of imagery has run through the work without your complete awarenessforming, in essence, an unintentional motif. 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. He also mentions Duchess going to Harlem first (which Emmett seems to understand was likely for the purpose of visiting Townhouse). She tells him that she has spoke to Warden Williams and that hes willing to give him minimal repercussions for running away if he returns immediately. In present day, Sarah eventually comes home to find Woolly there. 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). So, Billy decided to sneak into Emmetts car as he was talking to Sally, which is how he ended up at the Wolcott house. Woolly, the other stowaway, is a sweet, stunted, "medicine"-addictednaf from a wealthy Northeastern family. When the old man tells Duchess that his father only recently vacated the room on Monday, Duchess understands that his father mustve left after learning Duchess had escaped from Salina. They also determine that Duchess failed to leave an address for Sarahs place. . Emmett then returns to find the two of them there (theres a moment of confusion when he and Ulysses meet, but it gets sorted out). In the interim, a call had come in regarding a stable that was on fire. Emmett has big reasons to leave the state, and a plan. This surprises Emmett since Duchess had always implied that Delphine had abandoned them. (Later, well learn that Duchess was not born in Dutchess County, but instead got his nickname for a different reason.). His sister Kaitlin Wolcott Wilcox had been angry when his mother had given it away. Emmetts father leaves Emmett a quotation from Ralph Waldo Emersons essay Self-Reliance as part of his legacy. Emmett ventures into Brooklyn to attend circus show that Townhouse had mentioned that Duchess and Woolly were going to. It seems to indicate that his father knew Duchess would come looking for him and did not want to be there when that happened. Woolly then muses that it would be magnificent to have a one-of-a-kind kind of day. 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. Before they leave, Sister Agnes gives Billy a medallion of Christopher, the patron saint of travelers. Afterwards, Duchess goes snooping around the house. They make their way to the study, and Duchess asks Woolly what the combination to the safe is. He understands why Sally is upset, knowing that there was once the possibility of something between them. He then sees hes next to a freshly dug grave with a casket at the bottom. After all this effort, all Duchess can do is laugh when he realizes that Woolly doesnt know the combination and that it genuinely didnt occur to Woolly that they needed a combination. Duchess is certain that Emmett is saying no only because he made the proposition in front of Billy. As Duchess tries to get to the money before it flies away, he drowns. Duchess and Woolly arrive at Sarahs place in Hastings-on-Hudson. The Lincoln Highway is America's oldest coast-to-coast road: "It starts in Times Square in New York City and it ends three thousand three hundred and ninety miles away in Lincoln Park in San. After surveying Morgen, Nebraska, Duchess notes how small the town is, only four blocks in either direction. (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. Townhouse didnt make a big deal about it, but Duchess knows he owes Townhouse. Billy has another idea: taking the continent-spanning Lincoln Highway to find their mother in San Francisco the last place she mailed a postcard from after she disappeared eight years ago. He decides to go with Ulysses to travel via boxcar and seek out his own adventure. Duchess tells Townhouse that he figures he owes Townhouse about three punches (8 for the Hondo incident minus 5 for the Oreo incident), and he invites Townhouse the punch him, promising not to fight back. After some research, he agrees to the plan. While I was very conscious of the recurrence of. Emmett plans to move them to Texas, a plan he has carefully researched. 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). Emmetts father describes his legacies as being a form of sacrilege. For the Great Ulysses, that meant planting an oar in the ground in the countryside in Posideons honor, but Professor Abernathe surmises that for the present-day Ulysses the tribute would be something different thats relevant to his own travels. There is a constant push and pull of wanting freedom and the things we owe to others. When questioned, Townhouse didnt squeal on Paco and Pico by saying that theyd rented him the car (in which case, he probably wouldve been let off with a stern warning). Duchess warns Emmett that hes willing to shoot him if hes left with no other choice. He saw that it was locked, but hed managed to guess to combination easily since he remembered what Woolly had said about his great-grandfather loving the 4th of July. However, he feels certain Emmett did not owe a debt to the man in the cowboy hat (the cowboy). He seems upset that she remarried after their father died, but Sarah gently reminds him that she waited four years and either way you cant begrudge your mother the comforts of companionship. Sheriff Peterson offers to drive Emmett back in his Studebaker and to let him clean up at his house before dropping him off. He goes looking for Duchess and finds him hacking unsuccessfully at the safe with an ax. Ma Belle tells him about how Duchesss father used to leave Duchess with them as he worked in the lounge downstairs. He also thinks about how his mother had loved firework shows. Afterwards, Emmett sees Woollys will which was duly signed and dated. At the start of Amor Towles's third novel, The Lincoln Highway, following Rules of Civility and A Gentleman in Moscow, Emmett is released early after the death of . December 11, 2021. Then, Woolly hid the phone. When he comes back, he sees that Woolly has driven off with the car. In the meantime, the Snyders had told everyone that Emmett had punched Jimmy for accidentally bumping into him. The next morning, Emmett sees that Duchess and Woolly drove off in the Cadillac. While he is the youngest and least experienced character in the novel, one could argue that he has the greatest influence on other characters. He follows the cowboy hat guy. When Duchess goes to the bathroom, he strikes up a conversation with the traveling salesman. He doesnt know the address, but Billy says Woolly marked a spot on his map. They arent home, so they enter though the (four-car) garage. (He doesn't kill Duchess because he had made a promise to Billy not to lash out again.) However, he also thinks that he needs to settle his debts before he can truly have a fresh start. Ask the Author. By Dori Moody. Hed then spotted the encampment due to the campfire, and saw that Billy and Ulysses were there. He demands that Woolly go work for one of his stockbroker friends after he finishes his sentence. The book's style is to have each chapter told by different characters. He had then grabbed the shovel to wait for the right moment to knock Pastor John out. Earlier that day, Emmett had woken up with a headache, naked, and Charity at his side. Laying in deb, Duchess reminisces about traveling with his father in August of 1944 when he was 8. He decides to lunge for the money instead to try to save it. Unintended consequences: Emmett's story both begins . Spoiler warning: these summaries contains spoilers. Before Emmett leaves, Townhouse tells him that Duchess had mentioned that he and Woolly were going to watch the Circus show in Red Hook at 6PM that night. What smaller legacy have you received that has meant a great deal to you? The entire novel takes place over just 10 days in June of 1954, but they are a busy 10 days for Emmett, Billy, and the two colorful escapees, Duchess and Woolly. Before Emmett leaves, Sally mentions that when they do finally hit the road, she plans to go to San Francisco as well. Emmett seems worried about Billy over-romanticizing breaking rules and whatnot since he wants Billy to understand that your actions have consequences which can often effect others as well. The Lincoln Highway exists on this continuum, a tale of Americana in which the open road is an invitation to adventure, wisdom, and redemption. However, when they arrive, it turns out Woolly doesn't know the combination (and it never occurred to him there would be one). He thinks about how Emmett is not reckless, but tends to lash out when angry. Inside, are four objects: a goatee, a golden earring, a small jar of blackface, and a (retractable) dagger. He feels grateful for what shes done for him, but not beholden to her. In the next chapter, we learn that the box is from Sally and contains 6 jars of her strawberry preserves. [I'd guess an opiate, given how addicted he was, how it seemed to chill him out, and how much a dash of it knocked down Emmett when he was slipped some of it. His father been part of a revue that was raising money for the war effort. As the crosses through the boxcars, he finds a empty private car, littered with remnants of a days full of festivities, undoubtedly attributable to the passengers in the nearby sleeping cars. Looking at Emmett, though, he says he doesnt look like a theatrical producer, and he recommends that Emmett pretend to be a rodeo owner. How would you describe the style of the different characters chapters? Secondly, the typos. Its not clear what Sarah was going to ask Woolly, but it can probably be inferred that theres something he doesnt want to talk about or answer to based on his response. Outside, Emmett smashes a windowpane to get back into the house. When Sally called Kaitlin, Kaitlin ended up calling Sarahs place and was unhappy when it sounded like Woolly might be there. Marcelines account in Paris was wiped out, too. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles is a story involving four boys' misadventure. It seems that Emmetts mother suffered from depression, which was exacerbated by post-partum depression, which is part of the reason why she left. Then, as Duchess tries to hack open the safe, Woolly takes a bunch of pills and kills himself. So, even if his brothers idea of finding their mother seemed crazy, his plan could work in California. None of them are major and they dont detract from the content at all. 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. When he sees Emmett shove Duchess, Billy decides to interrupt to prevent Emmett from continuing to lash out. Mr. He thinks about how his boarding schools had been like that, too. Elsewhere, Abacus thinks about his own life. Which character do you think evolves most significantly? However, the following February, a few weeks after Billy was born, his mother seemed tired all the time. How does the era shape the journeys of the characters, if at all? Billy then pulls out his big red book to show him the story of Ulysses. The sight of the postcards from their mother in his pack reminds Emmett of how unhappy his mother had seemed. It left his $150,000 trust fund to be split between Emmett, Billy and Duchess. Fitzy explains that Duchesss father was the one who had refreshed his memory when he wrote that statement. He then claims that hes going to take care of Pastor John by taking him to the police station. She feels that doing something unnecessary is about kindness. (Basically, Abacus decides to go traveling with Ulysses via boxcar.). 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. The book ends with Emmett leaving Duchess in a leaky boat with no oaks and with his $50K share in cash. After Ulysses tells his story, Professor Abernathe considers it and says that the infiniteness of the universe means there must be duplicates (or even triplicates) of people and their experiences. I found this summary very helpful.thank you. Outside, Emmett checks on his powder-blue 1948 Studebaker Land Cruiser. However, Woolly says that its too precious just to keep, saying that its a watch that should be handed down to others. It turns out that his father had sent him downstairs so he could take the watch, and when he realized the police were interested in its whereabout, he had slipped it into Duchesss pocket to avoid being caught with it. Emmett goes into the city to track down Duchess, who knows is looking for his father. It involves getting a cork out of an empty wine bottle. Duchess (nicknamed because he was born in Dutchess County) explains that they hid in the wardens trunk to hitch a ride here. He notes how Denniss office has all sorts of photos, but doesnt have a single photo of Sarah. In case its not clear, her phone calls explain the calls Woolly received at the beginning of the chapter. Set in 1954, it's about a teenager, his younger brother and a road trip that goes awry. In retrospect, I think "The Lincoln Highway" owes its biggest debt of gratitude to this work of Faulkner's. Told from multiple points of view, "As I . Tincture of opium would explain the dropper More questions about The Lincoln Highway. On 20 August 2012, a bomb attack occurred, killing at least eight and wounding nearly 64 people. Jimmy had always been someone who liked to stir up trouble, trying to say anything he could to get under your skin. 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. Your email address will not be published. Each of the cases had contained accessories for that respective character. Emmett sees that Duchess has broken in through the back, used chairs to barricade the nuns inside their rooms and has stolen spoons to distribute the six jars of strawberry preserves to all the boys there. He then goes into the room that he had stayed at the longest. All the primary characters are white boys. . SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Kirkus Reviews calls Amor Towles' new novel, "The Lincoln Highway," a remarkable blend of . However, Peterson had asked if Emmett had visitors from out of town. It's June 1954, and eight-year-old Billy lives with a neighbor in small-town Nebraska while his brother Emmett serves time in juvenile detention. Theyre interrupted by a loud noise outside. However, Sally is gracious about it. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. Billy is just discovering his, but Woollys has long gotten him into trouble. (The full story is that Duchess had convinced Townhouse to sneak out to see a movie. The two get squared away, and before Duchess leaves, he impulsively gives Townhouse's cousin Maurice the keys to Emmett's Studebaker (he thinks of it as a good deed that he's doing). Dennis demands to speak to Woolly in private. Why are the summaries counted down from 10? Duchess hits him on the head with a cast-iron skillet and leaves, noting that Ackerly's debt to him has been paid. He unpacks his collection of stuff that hed shown Billy. If you have come to this Guide because you have read The Lincoln Highway, I owe you my heartfelt thanks. The building turns out to be St. Nicholass Home for Boys. 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. He knows that Duchess and Woolly plan to see out Mr. Hewett, Duchesss father. Afterwards, Duchess and Woolly head for 132 Rhododendron Road in South Bend, which is the address Duchess had gotten for the retired warden Ackerly. By now, Ulysses, Emmett and Billy are settled in the boxcar together with Billy reading from his book the story of Jason and the Argonauts. Woolly is someone who grew up wealthy on the Upper East Side, but was troubled and got himself expelled from various boarding schools. As they work, Sarah tells him about how Woolly ended up at Salina. With no money and no mode of transportation, Emmett and Billy hitch a ride on a train to go to New York to track down Duchess and Woolly. When the train reaches Cedar Rapids, Emmett goes to find food for him and Billy. He thinks it's about something more serious than Duchess's escape from Salina. First of all, if you have come to this Reader's Guide because you have read A Gentleman in Moscow, I owe you my heartfelt thanks. Sam would go with his father to travel to see various shipwrecks, and he felt his world expand and broaden. Emmett soon shows up at Townhouses place. Duchess sees wrongs as misdeeds essentially put someone in anothers debt, which can only be put right by finding a way to balance the accounts. When the train reaches New York, Billy, Ulysses and Emmett all disembark. Instead, Duchess marches up to the cowboy and confronts him. Sarah would have needed Valium to cope with "Dennis"! He also adds, however, that the abridged version of the legend of Ulysses in the book left out the part where the Great Ulysses was told that he was destined to wander the seas until he had appeased the gods through an act of tribute. When it was reported on in the newspapers, anti-communist sentiment ensured that Fitzys career as a well-paid Santa was over. As as and Billy now stand over Pastor Johns unconscious body, Stew gets up as well. They smiled back at her, and Emmett slept well that night. At this point, its not clear what Duchess is up to in asking for Ackerlys address, but by now his mischievous personality should indicate that he likely has something up his sleeve. He gently warns Emmett that while it might be understandable (given his situation) to never want to put up a fight again, people who let themselves be defeated often end up turning to alcohol. Billy hopes to find their mother (who left them 8 years ago) there. 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. 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. In that moment, a black man named Ulysses who knows Pastor John enters the boxcar. Mr. Hewett tends not to have a steady address, but he leaves word with the various booking agencies as to where he can be reached. When Duchess inquires about his fathers whereabouts, the attendant Bernie says that the person to ask is Fitzy FitzWilliams. He wonders if perhaps he could open it somewhere in California, maybe Los Angeles. Pastor John grabs a shovel to steady himself so he can run after Billy, but instead another man approaches after hearing the commotion. Marceline Maupassant was living there as well. Elsewhere, he finds a Louisville Slugger baseball bat and marvels at its design. While many blurbs of this novel focus on Emmett Watson, the book is equally about his kid brother, Billy, and his friends. . Duchess asks him where his father is, but Fitzy claims he doesnt know. You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Reader Q&A, or ask your favorite author a question with Ask the Author. The Lincoln Highway is a character-driven tale that is and pulled along through narratives of each major individual in the story. Woolly, a cockeyed child of wealth invariably sidetracked by nutty fixations, shares none of Duchess' guile but proves nearly as adepthowever inadvertentlyat blowing up Emmett's plans. However, flour is much more dense than crackers, so on the way to New York, there is extra space (and empty train cars at the back) although it carries it same weight back and forth. More questions about The Lincoln Highway. He directs him to the Unitarian church nearby. One day, Duchess had gone to check on Marceline to find him hanging from the ceiling fan. Through the course of the story, we examine friendship, family, trust, justice, and self discovery. 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