Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Subtitled "America's First Road Trip,"Horatio's Drivecaptures the  remarkable odyssey of Horatio Nelson Jackson, a doctor from Vermont  who--accompanied by a former professional bicyclist and a bulldog named  Bud--helmed the first trip from coast to coast in a car. In 1903, after  making a $50 bet he could drive to New York City in 90 days, Nelson set  off from San Francisco in a used Winton two-seater than he bought for  $3000 and proceeded to cross a country where most roads, if they existed  at all, were still made of dirt. Pulling together newspaper articles,  period movies, and Jackson's own photographs and passionate love letters  to his wife, famed documentarian Ken Burns crafts a love letter of his own  to the automobile and the ways it has shaped American life.Horatio's  Driveis both educational and completely entertaining.--Bret  Fetzer