Then, he took full advantage of it before finally sneaking out the back stairs when it was time to leave. Traveling westward from the Douglas Street Bridge. Billy is just discovering his, but Woollys has long gotten him into trouble. He makes the point that while oftentimes nothing bad happened, in one instance Duchess got one of his friends in trouble because of it. (At one point, Maurice walks in and is upset to see that Townhouse is giving the car back to Emmett, but Townhouse just tells Maurice off, who stalks off angrily.). At his great-grandfathers house, Woolly reminisces about the various parts of the house. Rick Sebak travels across America's first transcontinental highway, checking out the changing landscape along the route from Times Square to San Francisco. When he finishes, Professor Abernathe asks to meet Ulysses. Triumphantly, he gets ready to depart with the bag until he realizes the shovel is missing and . Duchess also uses a pay phone to call Salina to ask for the address of the retired former warden, Warden Ackerly, by pretending to be his uncle. Emmett initially makes a first to punch Duchess, but then thinks better of it and doesnt. The character of Woolly will remain with me. Then, Pastor John spots Billys rucksack. I also do think he could read a little bit. In present day, Townhouse calls out for Paco and Pico. On Sunday June 20th, Duchess and Woolly slip out at the crack of dawn and head for Woollys great-grandfathers place. However, the last few years the harvests have been bad. Sally angrily drives home, only to see the sheriff sitting on their porch at home. Woolly makes his way to FAO Schwarz. Here we get a little more information on why Duchesss father may have taken off when he heard that Duchess was free. (the first item on the list was to Remove firing pins from the guns so its likely the gun Duchess is holding cant actually shoot). Townhouse tells Emmett what transpired with Duchess, and Townhouse warns that two cops showed up yesterday looking for Duchess. Towles' intricately plotted tale is underpinned by young Billy's obsession with a big red alphabetical compendium of 26 heroes and adventurers both mythical and real from Achilles to Zorro, though the letter Y is left blank for You (the reader) to record your own intrepid quest. This is kind of a cute chapter. By Amor Towles Viking: 592 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent . The Lincoln Highway is a fast paced and reflective adventure story centered on three young men from disparate backgrounds, whose incarceration together in a juvenile detention center brings them together on the outside where conflicting motives and moralities set them on a course for collision across the United States. He advises Emmett that the only type of person these receptionists are inclined to help are producers, since they hold the purse strings. The trust fund is worth roughly $150,000. Once he steals Emmetts car and heads up to New York, it completely delays Emmetts and Billys plans. Emmett awakes to see Duchess take Billy inside and close slam the door. Emmett is momentarily upset that their father kept these postcards from them, but then thinks that perhaps it was the reasonable thing to do after shed abandoned them. Now, as they go looking for Ulysses, they all end up at the abandoned railroad camp. When Sally called Kaitlin, Kaitlin ended up calling Sarahs place and was unhappy when it sounded like Woolly might be there. The Quick Recap and Chapter-by-Chapter Summary for The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles are below. As Duchess tries to get to the money before it flies away, he drowns. 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. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); I've just finished The Lincoln Highway and found myself shedding a tear although I couldn't say why! Also, he realizes that he never gave Emmett an address for Sarahs house. 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. I know some feel that way but I just dont think that was the authors intention. Emmetts father describes his legacies as being a form of sacrilege. I needed to finish this for book club and ran out of time. The official map of the Lincoln Highway, published by the Lincoln Highway Association. Then he thinks about it and forcefully knocks Duchess out. Ive reread it a couple times and I dont believe Emmett purposely killed Duchess. 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. Laying in deb, Duchess reminisces about traveling with his father in August of 1944 when he was 8. 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. I have seen people wonder if Duchess had a hand in Woollys deathsuch as ensuring Woolly would get his sisters medicine bottle (which I dont think we ever got the name of). He also realizes that by taking the car, Duchess and Wooly had also (inadvertently) taken all his money with them as well. Emmett claims he is interested in hiring Harrison Hewett, and Mr. McGinley directs him to Mr. Cohen, an agent at another agency (Mr. Morton had explained that they all work cooperatively and take commissions from each other for referrals). He decides to lunge for the money instead to try to save it. He also pours some water into a glass. . That part makes no sense to me, why summarize from the end to the beginning? Emmett tries to impress upon the consequences of Duchesss actions. 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. The boat contains a hole and Emmett stacks stones in order to stop the boat from flooding. The last postcard she sent also talks about how the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Franciscos Lincoln Park has a huge firework show on July 4th each year. The Lincoln Highway originated when Carl Fisher (who built the Indianapolis Motor Speedway), saw a need for a transcontinental highway. Billy says they werent strangers since theyd spoken for a while. When we meet him, Towles' latest hero, Emmett Watson, has been released a few months early from detention in consideration of his father's death, the foreclosure of the family farm, and his responsibility for his 8-year-old brother, Billy. Ransom for watching over Billy while he was gone. Towles' new novel ranges further geographically from Nebraska's farmland to New York's Adirondacks by way of some of New York City's iconic sites but its action-packed plot is compressed into just 10 days. Emmett immediately declines. Elsewhere, he finds a Louisville Slugger baseball bat and marvels at its design. Young Billy is an utter gem, with his love for books (one book in particular) and his genuine trust in humanity making him an immediate fan favorite. It winds its way over 3,000 miles between New York City and San Francisco. He then asks Woolly about Salina. Before she can explain further, theyre interrupted by Duchess announcing that dinner is served. Duchess is 100% self-centered. However, Duchess derails the plan. I will definitely finish the book, as I like it, but your summary will help me bluff my way through book club. Emmett feels unsure about how to explain what theyre doing to Billy. It's something Towles never forgets. While Duchess probably thought of himself as a hero, he was the villain, in the end. Billy has recently found some old postcards indicating their mother (who left them 8 years ago) once took the journey there down the Lincoln Highway. The pace is fast and writing concise, making it a digestible read whether in bed or at a . Four horses died in that fire because the firemen (who had been in a grocery store nearby) werent able to locate their truck. They reach a huge house next to a lake. Emmetts father also got sick, and this year he passed away. However, Billy told Ulysses about Emmetts rule that he needed to have known someone for at least three days before considering them a friend, so Ulysses agreed to spend another day with them (in addition to today and yesterday) so that they could part as friends. Outside, Emmett checks on his powder-blue 1948 Studebaker Land Cruiser. For a non-spoiler version of the plot synopsis, see The Bibliofile's review of The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. The second is because his father knew it technically belonged to his creditors. After Emmett had failed to check in with her on Friday, Sally had reached out to Father Coleman at Episcopalian church the in New York, knowing that Woollys family is Episcopalian. 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 June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the work farm where he has just served a year for involuntary manslaughter. 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. One day, he was asked to do a recitation of Karl Marxs Communist Manifesto at a large event, a gig he undertook with diligence. He then takes a taxi partway to Sarahs place, but he sees that hes out of money to pay for the rest of the trip. It's marked here as the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor. Elsewhere, Abacus thinks about how Billy has reawakened his desire for adventure. This 2023 Lincoln Aviator is pure luxury with a heated steering wheel. If youre new to Book Club Chat, I write spoiler-free reviews and spoiler-filled book club questions for each novel I read. In the endtime is a precious resource. She asks him to try to help Duchess find his purpose. (The full story is that Duchess had convinced Townhouse to sneak out to see a movie. . She is also unhappy to learn that her father was the one that suggested that perhaps Emmett have a fresh start elsewhere. The farmer sees Ulysses, but declines to let him into the shelter. However, his brother-in-law Dennis had him declared "unfit". The standing man who identifies himself as Mr. Parker is very drunk, and Emmett lies and says that hes a brakeman. That would have taken another day for sure. 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. 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. 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). Emmett and Billy are then visited by two people. He had just found an axe in the boathouse and had resumed trying to get into the safe just as Emmett had shown up. Afterwards, Emmett hears Duchess telling Billy the story of the Count of Monte Cristo and the characters escape from prison. Billy soon launches into a story about his own travels. He yanks out the corpse and gets inside . However, the police broke up the event. Finally, he tells Woolly that hes going back to Salina to finish his sentence, and afterwards Woolly is going to work for his friend at the stock exchange to teach Woolly some responsibility. Back downstairs, Duchess books rooms for him and Woolly for the night. Now, after kicking Duchess, Billy hides in a space under the stairs that Woolly had previously described to him. 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. The Lincoln Highway is a coming-of-age tale about the transition from teenager to adulthood. 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. Odd choice. Duchess tries to justify both but its undeniable that those were unprovoked actions and the fact he doesnt see that is pretty disturbing in itself. Over breakfast, Billy asks Emmett if he ever went to the movie theater in Salinas, since Duchess had mentioned going. Ransom go inside to the kitchen to talk with Tom Obermeyer, a banker. That night, Duchess tells Woolly that if he had 50 grand, hed open up a place like Leonellos. 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). So whether its a train schedule or a grandfather clock or Marcelines/Billy's/Wooley's watches time marches on. Hello and welcome to the second check in for The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles.The first section had me hooked, and just so intrigued by all the characters already, but this section bought us new insight from some of the other players in the book, a deeper dive into the lives of the characters we already met and even a few emotional moments.. Against his attorneys advice, Emmett had plead guilty on March 1, 1943. I can't understand why would Billy and Emmets mom leave the family. However, when they arrive, it turns out Woolly doesn't know the combination (and it never occurred to him there would be one). So he decides to put an unconscious Duchess on a boat with his own share of the money. Theyd had a delightful picnic. Duchesss father had lied about Duchess being his nephew and him being an army officer who was unable to care for him. He decides to plan a special reunion dinner with Billy, promising that Emmett will be back before dinner to join them. Before Emmett leaves, Sally mentions that when they do finally hit the road, she plans to go to San Francisco as well. Book Club Questions for The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles, Review: The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley. Billy also asks if heroes can return, and he talks about Ulysses. Then, she calls Sarahs place, but it keeps ringing and no one picks up. Instead, Townhouse said that hed snuck in and taken the key from the body shop. The sight of the postcards from their mother in his pack reminds Emmett of how unhappy his mother had seemed. When Emmett enters, he notices a passed-out man (who he soon learns is named Mr. Packer)sleeping on the floor, and hes soon addressed by another man standing there. Now, after Duchess has knocked Emmett out, Billy is upset after seeing Duchess hit Emmett. 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 thinks about how Emmett is not reckless, but tends to lash out when angry. 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. Emmett asks the receptionist for Harrys information, but is firmly rebuffed. Instead, they agree that they will go to tea at the Plaza, and then Woolly promises hes going back to Salina after his visit to New York. Duchess goes to Townhouses place on 126th Street in Harlem and finds him sitting there on the stoop with some other boys.
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