As Billy reads to him the story, Ulysses weeps, thinking about his own past. However, his brother-in-law Dennis had him declared "unfit". It is a 1954 coming of age spanning 10 days in the lives of 3 young men: Emmett, Dutchess, and Wooley, each with a past, each fueled by different influences, each with hopes for a future, each with different paths propelled by different truths. The hotel clerk (after asking for compensation) then directs Emmett to Anchor where Fitzy FitzWilliams can be found. I found this summary very helpful.thank you. He initially doesnt to ask anyone for directions, but he thinks about how his father had been too proud to ask the other farmers nearby for advice (Self-reliance as folly, Emmett had thought). Amor Towles spins a wonderful one-of-a-kind kind of adventure through the pages of the Lincoln Highway. He finds Ackerly asleep in a BarcaLounger in the living room with a smile on his face. As he drives by the fairgrounds, it reminds him of Jimmy Snyder. When the train reaches Cedar Rapids, Emmett goes to find food for him and Billy. He quickly hangs up and hides the phone. Sheriff Peterson knew it wasnt Emmett, since they were together at the time. . Outside, Emmett smashes a windowpane to get back into the house. So, he plans to go there to ask about Harry Hewetts whereabouts and hopefully find Duchess in the process. The two boys are alone, but have each other. Emmett tries to get Duchess to leave (this place that appears to be a brothel), but before he can, a woman there (Ma Belle) shoves him into a room with one of the prostitutes, Charity. It seems to indicate that his father knew Duchess would come looking for him and did not want to be there when that happened. When Sally called Kaitlin, Kaitlin ended up calling Sarahs place and was unhappy when it sounded like Woolly might be there. That afternoon, theyd found a perfect spot, and he listened to his mother laugh at his fathers stories, and it had seemed to Emmett that the three of them would be attending Sewards Fourth of July celebration for the rest of their lives. They also determine that Duchess failed to leave an address for Sarahs place. Back in Nebraska, Sally thinks about how his father has always spent Fridays chatting with his friends and ending up at McCaffertys Favern. He also seems to have a soft spot for Woolly and seems to feels that hes been similarly screwed over by his family or been treated unfairly by life. Afterwards, Sarah wants to ask him a question, but he implies that hes rather she didnt. It had been raining, and the river they had to cross was high. Emmett has a blue Studebaker in the barn, along with some money his . He recalls how his father pretended to be upper-class get himself into the presidential suite of the fanciest hotel. Instead, she just wants a life of her own where she doesnt have to take care of her father. The two promises Emmett has made are to help Duchess and to check in with Sally. Instead, Duchess marches up to the cowboy and confronts him. 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. 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. In Chapters 8 and 7, they hit the road with the plan of dropping Woolly and Duchess off at the bus stop in Omaha before Emmett and Billy continue on to San Francisco. It the drives away. With some difficulty, Woolly is able to locate it. Sally also confronts him about suggesting that Emmett leave. Afterwards, Emmett hears Duchess telling Billy the story of the Count of Monte Cristo and the characters escape from prison. When he exits, Billy informs Emmett that Duchess and Woolly have taken the Studebaker and are on their way to New York. His father been part of a revue that was raising money for the war effort. Against his attorneys advice, Emmett had plead guilty on March 1, 1943. He returned in time to see Emmett and Duchess arguing with each other. What exactly was Woolys medicine and how did he start using it? It left his $150,000 trust fund to be split between Emmett, Billy and Duchess. Townhouse was also black, which meant his punishment was twice as harsh as Duchesss since Ackerly felt that Negro boys were only half as suited to learning as white boys, their lessons had to be twice as long. She was a 28-year-old-ish widow with no kids who worked as a teller at the bank. He thinks about how his boarding schools had been like that, too. 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. His mother had gone to the attic to fetch a perfectly packed wicker picnic set. It also shows us how Ulysses has a soft spot for Billy (perhaps out of some sadness having to do with being apart from his own child) so hes willing to break his own rules for him. The day before, Duchess had gone to the hardware store to look for tools to help get the safe open. Pastor John assumes that its because Billy has never seen a black man before, but the next chapter makes clear that Billy recognizes the name Ulysses as one of the heroes from his book. Townhouse then directs Emmett to where Duchess will be that night, which turns out to be a raunchy circus show attached to a brothel. Someone needs to proofread the summery. He then hands back the envelope of money. He decides to go with Ulysses to travel via boxcar and seek out his own adventure. Billy wants to move to California, and it's his wish to follow their estranged mother's presumed path on The Lincoln Highway. Afterwards, they both agree that they are square. Instead, a nearby panhandler tells him that hes the one to ask since he worked on the rails for 25 years. Given what Duchess did to Ackerly, we can only imagine what Duchesss current relationship with his father is and what he might do when he does catch up with him. Emmett works on cleaning up, and Sally joins him. Emmett recognizes the numerous flaws in Billys plan if shes really there and whether she wants to see them but he agrees to think about it. At the library, he looks up the numbers tracking the population grown in Texas and California over the decades. Mr. He drowns. 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. Dennis says that they came back because Kaitlin told them people have been calling looking for Woolly. Kaitlin also told them that shed called Sarahs place and Woolly had answered, but hung up on her. He sees that it was given to him by Ellie Matthiessen, the librarian. Duchess tells Billy that hes been to hundreds of cities because her father was a traveling actor. Before they part ways, Emmett asks what Townhouse plans to do next. On the spare tire, he finds a letter from his father. Woolly then muses that it would be magnificent to have a one-of-a-kind kind of day. Meanwhile, Duchess sets Billy to work to distract him from Emmetts absence. If this summary was useful to you, please consider supporting this site by leaving a tip ($2, $3, or $5) or joining the Patreon! At Ackerlys place, Duchess tells Woolly to wait in the car as he goes inside. One day during his junior year of school, he impulsively found a way to ditch school and take a taxi to visit his sister in Hastings-on-Hudson. As a result, he was sentenced to 12 months in Salina. Amazon. Emmett thinks to himself that he fully intends to do so and to take good care of his younger brother, Billy. However, the last few years the harvests have been bad. He finally settles on beginning the story with Emmett being released from Salina. Duchess seems to have misinterpreted Sister Agness teachings (by ignoring the parts about atonement and forgiveness) and instead seems to be using her words as an excuse to justify retribution towards others. Woolly admits that one of the four cars, a Cadillac convertible, is his, something he inherited from his father. He says that she is accustomed to nursing her furies and speaking her mind which makes her unsuited to matrimony. 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). Yesterday, Pastor John been pretending to be part of a Christian revival meeting, but hed attempted to romance a lovely young member of a Methodist choir, angering the girls father, and had to leave quickly. After Ulysses was knocked out, he slowly regained his consciousness. Upstairs, he checks the bedrooms. 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? 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." They reach a huge house next to a lake. that when after he of San Francisco normal childhood: this stunning road through the.. His new novel, the Lincoln Highway is not actually the focus of the four privileged Fire truck but thinking someone forgot it & amp ; Study . Mr. This surprises Emmett since Duchess had always implied that Delphine had abandoned them. In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. Emmett ventures into Brooklyn to attend circus show that Townhouse had mentioned that Duchess and Woolly were going to. Billy then pulls out his big red book to show him the story of Ulysses. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Kirkus Reviews calls Amor Towles' new novel, "The Lincoln Highway," a remarkable blend of . Duchess hits him on the head with a cast-iron skillet and leaves, noting that Ackerly's debt to him has been paid. Hilaryan old friend and member of my book groupobserved to me in passing. Hes especially fascinated by a story about them doing a civil defense test that resulted in them shutting down all activity in 54 cities across America for ten minutes. Duchess thinks about how Emmett clearly felt he owed a debt which is why allowed Jake to beat him up. However, in that moment, Billy says to himself I am truly forsaken (referencing what Ulysses has told him) and then proceeds to kick Pastor John in his injured knee and run off. Not long after, World War II had started. Upon hearing this, Emmett flat-out rejects the plan, saying he wants no part in it and that hes going to drop them off at the greyhound station in Omaha on Monday. Duchess spent a few years in an orphanage, being raised by nuns, after his father abandoned him there for two years when he was 8. Each character is expertly fleshed out and feels like a distinct person. Today, hed be looking around the house for other tools. Triumphantly, he gets ready to depart with the bag until he realizes the shovel is missing and . 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. Encounters along the way serve to prompt and provoke our male protagonists into developing a moral compass, their reactions placing them on a spectrum of fabular archetypes (Billy even carries with him . Dennis then yells at Woolly about how irresponsible he is. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles is a story involving four boys' misadventure. Then, six months ago like her father had met a woman, Alice Thompson, and hed broken his routine. However, Sally says that the sheriff came to see her. Afterwards, they open three bottles of Denniss wine to try the same trick suddenly, Dennis and Sarah walk in. And obviously the accounting class was about balancing your debits and credits, not about doling out vigilante justice. As it gets late, Billy starts to worry since Emmett hasnt returned yet. Before she can explain further, theyre interrupted by Duchess announcing that dinner is served. It involves getting a cork out of an empty wine bottle. With Woolly in Sarah in the city, Duchess is in the house alone, surveying the various rooms. Before Tom leaves, he asks Emmett to hand over the keys and registration to a car outside, but Emmett resists, says that the car is his. He recalls going to see the show in Seward on the 4th of July when Emmett was 8. He ends up in the churchs graveyard and trips over a gravestone. 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. Back downstairs, Duchess books rooms for him and Woolly for the night. Seeing them, people start to gather. They want Emmett to go with them to help Woolly get the cash, and in exchange they'll split the money evenly among the three of them. He has Billy with him and knows that bringing him was a mistake, since the area appears very rough. The warden then leaves to make the 3-hour return trip back to Salinas. He finds a drawer filled with unpaid bill notices. Townhouse tells Emmett what transpired with Duchess, and Townhouse warns that two cops showed up yesterday looking for Duchess. He decides he needs to go find Duchess in the Adirondacks. Though only occasionally told in the first person, The Lincoln Highway gives each character's perspective its due in a wonderful feat of narrative . You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with One of Woolly's relatives actually says something like since his Father's death, he hasn't been the same. 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. In case its not clear, her phone calls explain the calls Woolly received at the beginning of the chapter. (The full story is that Duchess had convinced Townhouse to sneak out to see a movie. Fitzy soon shows up as expected. In present day, Ulysses asks him if hes still coming, and he follows Ulysses up to a boxcar that was destined to take them who knows where. Knowing the Fitzy is an alcoholic, Duchess offers to buy him a drink in an attempt to loosen his tongue. Sally muses that men seem to think that meals just make themselves. Each of the cases had contained accessories for that respective character. Earlier that day, Emmett had woken up with a headache, naked, and Charity at his side. Instead, Townhouse said that hed snuck in and taken the key from the body shop. He then asks Woolly about Salina. However, because he wasn't able to check in with Sally as he'd promised earlier, Sally ends up heading to New York (after attempting to call them) to check on Emmett and Billy. Sure enough, Woolly is headed for the statue. 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. In spring of 1953 his father had a flu he couldnt recover from. In it, it explains how Charlie had managed to squander his sizeable inheritance by moving here to become a famer. T he main themes in The Lincoln Highway are unintended consequences, alienation and longing, and self-reliance.. How would you describe Billys personality? But . (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. Given inflation, $50,000 in 1954 would be the equivalent of about $500,000 today. He then thinks about how encountering Billy had reawakened his love of life and adventure. In the kitchen, Duchess looks for an appropriate weapon, settling on a black cast-iron skillet. 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 . Amor Towles ' new Great American Road Novel tails four boys three 18-year-olds who met in a juvenile reformatory, plus a brainy 8-year-old as they set out. Emmett thinks about how the difficulty of distinguishing between fact and fancy was what drove their father to end up bankrupt pursuing his dreams. When they were 17, they started a side business of renting out the cars to the boys nearby. Billy offers up his silver dollar collection to pay for passage, but Emmett declines. He also realizes that by taking the car, Duchess and Wooly had also (inadvertently) taken all his money with them as well. Emmett soon shows up at Townhouses place. None of them are major and they dont detract from the content at all. As they work, Sarah tells him about how Woolly ended up at Salina. As a bedtime story, he ends up reciting to him the story of Macbeth. 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). Towles goes all in on the kind of episodic, exuberant narrative haywire found in myth or Homeric epic . At this point it becomes clear that Duchesss relationship with his father is is even worse that we previously realized, since his father felt the need to disappear when he learned Duchess was not at Salina. One night, Duchess had seen them sneak two boxes of Oreos from the pantry into Townhouses locker in order to get him in trouble. Meanwhile, Woolly visits his sister Sarah who says that she has talked to Warden Williams, who is offering Woolly minimal consequences if he returns to juvie immediately. With Emmett busy at Ma Belles place, Woolly and Duchess have Billy in tow. But Sally makes it clear that shes not interested in trying to get involved with him. Marceline had been one of the most famous clowns in Europe in the twenties. In that moment, Pastor John whacks Ulysses on the head with a staff, breaking it in two. That night at the fair, Jimmy had set his sights on Emmett, saying insulting things about Emmetts father. He says that he thinks Ulyssess life could be an echo of the life of the Great Ulysses, and that after ten years you could be reunited with your wife and son. Emmetts father describes his legacies as being a form of sacrilege. Woolly says that Duchess is nearby, and Emmett leaves Billy with Woolly to go look for Duchess. 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. Duchess thinks back to how you used to be able to make out the word Othello printed on the case. The second is a stack of bills, approximately $3,000, which his father had set aside instead of paying to his creditors. After surveying Morgen, Nebraska, Duchess notes how small the town is, only four blocks in either direction. Dennis talks about the three boarding schools that Woolly had gotten kicked out of and about how theyd lied about Woollys age to keep him from being sentenced as an adult. Pastor John happens to be walking by when he spots the open hatch and Billy sitting alone in the boxcar, reading his big red book by his side. Finally, as the train picks up speed, Emmett realizes he has no choice but to wait for the train to slow again before making his way back to Billy. Your email address will not be published. A while ago, Emmetts father, Charles Charlie William Watson, took out a second mortgage on the farm. That night, Duchess sleeps in Emmetts room, and he notices how barren the walls are, as if Emmett had been preparing to walk out of his house with nothing but a kit bag for a long, long time. Here's the recipe: 1/4 cup olive oil; 1 large or two small onions, halved and thinly sliced; Emmett had brought down the picnic set to urge them to go, and his mother had reluctantly agreed. Downstairs, he hears some clanging, but he ignores it and climbs into bed. What virtue do you think each of the main characters possesses in excess? The wind also causes some bills to fly away. However, Duchess had sneaked it out and put it into Tommys locker. Billy soon launches into a story about his own travels. I needed to finish this for book club and ran out of time. Hes being let out a a few months early from his 18-month sentence because his father has passed away. Hed then dropped Duchess off at an old stone building, asking him to wait with the nun there for a moment. Finally, around Thanksgiving in 1943, with Macie a few months pregnant, Ulysses decided to enlist. Billy tells Abacus about his own adventures. He takes the bat with him, and he takes some clothes from Denniss closet as well. He offers it to Billy, who initially declines it, saying that its too precious. The novel takes places in the mid-1950sa period of peace, prosperity, and upward mobility in the US; a period in which television was in its infancy, and which came just before the advents of rock & roll, the modern civil rights movement, and the sexual revolution. Then, as Duchess tries to hack open the safe, Woolly takes a bunch of pills and kills himself. Scrounging around, Pastor John locates the tin box containing the silver dollar collection. As Duchess and Woolly head to New York down the Lincoln Highway, Duchess assuages Woollys guilt over taking Emmetts car by reminding him that with the money they recover, Emmett will be better off and Billy can come closer to having the house they dreamt up. The Lincoln Highway. She had taught them how the wrongs people do to one another become your chains by binding you with either indignation or guilt. That part makes no sense to me, why summarize from the end to the beginning? 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. Thanks again! 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. In present day, Emmett thinks that she cried during the fireworks because she was reminded of what joy could be, if only she were willing to leave her daily life behind. When Duchess goes to the bathroom, he strikes up a conversation with the traveling salesman. As as and Billy now stand over Pastor Johns unconscious body, Stew gets up as well. Billy also asks if heroes can return, and he talks about Ulysses. He hopes he might be able to become an officer or at least see more of the world. As he says this, Duchess picks up a whiskey bottle and thinks possibly hitting Fitzy with it. His is a collection of thing that people rarely use, but should be set aside safely anyway. Then, theyre interrupted when they hear a loud noise coming from downstairs. . In my opinion, Woolly suffered from arrested development (psychological development that is not complete) when he was around the age of 7 yrs old due to the tragic death of his Father which occurred at that time. They spent a nice afternoon together, but when Dennis, a VP-level banker at J.P. Morgan, at gets home he is furious that Woollys sister spent the afternoon chatting with Woolly instead of getting dinner ready. He had just found an axe in the boathouse and had resumed trying to get into the safe just as Emmett had shown up. 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. Standing in front of the statue, he thinks about how his great-grandfather had always loved the Fourth of July and insisted that the whole family gather on that holiday at his place in the Adirondacks. Emmett agrees, and says he plans to leave. Duchess remembers Fitzy, who was an old friend of his fathers and also an actor. You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Billy has been reading an abridged version of from a big red book authored by someone named Professor Abacus Abernathe. After some research, he agrees to the plan. Emmetts father also got sick, and this year he passed away. Sam would go with his father to travel to see various shipwrecks, and he felt his world expand and broaden. Tommy was friends with Bo Finlay, who shared his sentiments about race. Barnes and Noble. 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. 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. He presents Duchess with a black leather case, which Duchess recognizes. Hed then spotted the encampment due to the campfire, and saw that Billy and Ulysses were there. Emmett brings Sally and Billy to stay at a motel while he deals with the Duchess situation. The dinner is delightful, and they ask Duchess to do a magic trick. He then says he leaves to Emmett two legacies, one great, one small, both a form of sacrilege. That night, Woolly and Duchess stay in a motor lodge called Howard Johnsons (HoJos) roughly 50 miles west of Chicago. The latter is 3.390 miles long, and it's the U.S.'s very first. The story about Townhouse comes into play later on in the book (in Chapter 5). Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. However, since going to Salina a year ago, he had purposefully not been reaching out or responding to her. It seems like the loud noise was probably Sallys car making some type of noise. Set in 1954, it's about a teenager, his younger brother and a road trip that goes awry. Early the next morning, Emmett, Billy, Duchess and Woolly head for the road. Before he leaves, the librarian, Ellie Matthiessen, introduces herself, recognizing him as Billys brother. The battery is dead from being idle too long. 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