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Excuse my dust
- Title
- Excuse my dust / Bellamy Partridge ; illustrated by Stephen J. Voorhies.
- Author
- Partridge, Bellamy, 1877-1960
- Publication
- New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., [1943]
- ©1943
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | 3885.12.333 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Voorhies, Stephen J.
- Description
- xiii, 359 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
- Summary
- Recalls what life was like in a small New York State town in the early days of the automobile.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Anecdotes.
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- History.
- Local history.
- Contents
- 1. Dick Horse -- 2. Iron horse -- 3. Horse barn -- 4. Stud horse -- 5. Horse auction -- 6. One-horse town -- 7. Horse thief -- 8. Runaway -- 9. Horses-horses-horses -- 10. Blue grass -- 11. Repair shop -- 12. Horseless buggy -- 13. Dust -- 14. The smear -- 15. Trial spin -- 16. Get out and get under -- 17. Rathole speculation -- 18. Riding on air -- 19. Washout -- 20. Landslide -- 21. Horsepower -- 22. Putting on the brakes -- 23. M-P-H -- 24. Over the top on high -- 25. Joy ride -- 26. The weakest link -- 27. Tops -- 28. Motorist's treat -- 29. Comfort at last -- 30. Demonstration -- 31. Self-starter.
- LCCN
- 43014455
- OCLC
- ocm00288080
- 288080
- SCSB-801406
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library