Follow along on Goodreads, or keep in touch via the newsletter. Emmett finds himself regarding the drunk man with some measure of disdain, while thinking about how Mr. Parker is probably someone who has always been able to get anything he wanted his whole life. Before he leaves, the librarian, Ellie Matthiessen, introduces herself, recognizing him as Billys brother. As as and Billy now stand over Pastor Johns unconscious body, Stew gets up as well. Emmett is shocked by their. Hes being let out a a few months early from his 18-month sentence because his father has passed away. Townhouse tells Emmett what transpired with Duchess, and Townhouse warns that two cops showed up yesterday looking for Duchess. He says that it seems to be about something more serious than Duchess skipping the fence at Salina. Afterwards, Sarah wants to ask him a question, but he implies that hes rather she didnt. He demands that Woolly go work for one of his stockbroker friends after he finishes his sentence. As they work, Sarah tells him about how Woolly ended up at Salina. In that case, it was Townhouse, Emmetts bunkmate. He also thinks about how his mother had loved firework shows. The hotel clerk (after asking for compensation) then directs Emmett to Anchor where Fitzy FitzWilliams can be found. Duchess is certain that Emmett is saying no only because he made the proposition in front of Billy. He recalls how his father pretended to be upper-class get himself into the presidential suite of the fanciest hotel. Earlier that day, Emmett had woken up with a headache, naked, and Charity at his side. responsibilities and encumbrances runs throughout this book as well as the competing ideas of exploration, travel and imagination. Summary Chapter 5 begins with a section titled "Woolly." At Woolly's sister's house, Duchess was surprised to learn that Woolly had inherited a Cadillac convertible from his father. He drowns. Instead, as he heads to another agency, a man name Mr. Morton (along with his African grey bird, Mr. Winslow, who is part of his act) stops him. In present day, Billy tells Ulysses that according to the book, it took Homers Ulysses ten years to be reunited with his wife and child, so he thinks Ulysses will be reunited with his own family in less than two years. It seems to indicate that his father knew Duchess would come looking for him and did not want to be there when that happened. As he keeps hacking away, Emmett goes to call the police, but the phone is dead. Before she can explain further, theyre interrupted by Duchess announcing that dinner is served. 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. It took him six tries to get it open. Woolly is someone who grew up wealthy on the Upper East Side, but was troubled and got himself expelled from various boarding schools. 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. He knows that Duchess and Woolly plan to see out Mr. Hewett, Duchesss father. Back downstairs, Duchess books rooms for him and Woolly for the night. Then, six months ago like her father had met a woman, Alice Thompson, and hed broken his routine. He offers it to Billy, who initially declines it, saying that its too precious. (The book chapters count down from 10 to 1.). Billy has been reading an abridged version of from a big red book authored by someone named Professor Abacus Abernathe. How do you think Emmett, Duchess, Woolly, and Sallys various upbringingsparticularly their relationships to their parentshave shaped them? As Billy reads, Emmett wonders why the book contains stories about real men like Galileo, da Vinci and Edison alongside stories about mythical heroes. She is unhappy that he didnt mention that he was planning on leaving for California tomorrow and that she had to find out from Duchess. He had then grabbed the shovel to wait for the right moment to knock Pastor John out. Elsewhere, he finds a Louisville Slugger baseball bat and marvels at its design. He sees that Californias growth had exceeded Texass impressive growth over the years. The next morning, Sally Ransom, their neighbor and a former romantic interest of Emmett's drops by. Now, as they go looking for Ulysses, they all end up at the abandoned railroad camp. Woolly comes from a rich family, but ended up in a juvenile home for being a troublemaker, but also because of his family's cruelty and . Finally, around Thanksgiving in 1943, with Macie a few months pregnant, Ulysses decided to enlist. Fitzy soon shows up as expected. The idea of debts. For a modern tour, westbound: Newly released from a work farm in 1950s Kansas, where he served 18 months for involuntary manslaughter, 18-year-old Emmett Watson hits the road with his little brother, Billy, following the death of their father and the foreclosure of their Nebraska farm. He sees a scene with Sarah, Sally, Woolly, Billy and Emmett. Before they leave, Sister Agnes gives Billy a medallion of Christopher, the patron saint of travelers. In present day, Pastor John sees Ulysses slump over. They escaped by hitching a ride in the warden's trunk without anyone realizing it. Duchess says that he already found Woolly, but that it was too late to do anything about it. Set in 1954, it's about a teenager, his younger brother and a road trip that goes awry. Emmett reluctantly agrees. The Lincoln Highway. Afterwards, they both agree that they are square. (The full story is that Duchess had convinced Townhouse to sneak out to see a movie. He notices his dictionary, and it reminds him of the thesaurus it had come with. In Chapter 2, Woolly and Duchess sneak out early and make their way to Woolly's great-grandfather's house in the Adirondacks in order to take the $150K from the safe. When you were eighteen, which aspects of your parents lives did you hope to emulate, and which did you hope to cast aside? Duchess comments on how great the preserves are, while Emmett says they already have jam. He leaves and takes the train to Hastings-on-Hudson. Emmett feels sad and then angry. He starts telling Emmett the story of how Duchess ended up in Salina. 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. . While we dont know the details of it yet, it seems clear that it somehow implicated Duchess. However, Sally says that the sheriff came to see her. Elsewhere, Abacus thinks about how Billy has reawakened his desire for adventure. Instead, Paco and Pico offer to repaint the car to make it less recognizable, saying they can do it by Monday morning. He admits its not all there, but he shows Emmett that hes taken a careful accounting of how much they spent and on what. The two promises Emmett has made are to help Duchess and to check in with Sally. In present day, Duchess considers how the Oreo incident was a credit in his account, but not enough to offset the entirety of what he owes to Townhouse for the Hondo incident. However, hed accidentally set the grass around it and the goalpost on fire, resulting in him being called to the disciplinary committee. He ends up heading there on foot. She was a singer who got sick and died. However, two guys (Duchess and Woolly) have snuck out from juvie and have followed Emmett home, hoping to convince him to help with a caper in New York to take back Woolly's $150K trust fund (which Woolly has been deemed "unfit" to access). He had just found an axe in the boathouse and had resumed trying to get into the safe just as Emmett had shown up. "Woolly" suffers some form of cognitive impairment requiring medication to keep him mellow. Pastor John initially sounds like someone who is approaching Billy over concern about his well-being, but it quickly becomes apparent that thats not the case and that hes more interested in what he can get from Billy. Also the additional explanations in grey alerted me to basic facts of the plot, whys, and hows. Theyre interrupted by a loud noise outside. What role do these small legacies play within the larger themes of the novel? He points out an officers watch that had once belonged to his grandfather it has a black background and white numbers. Mr. Parker explains that the two of them are accompanying their friend Alexander Cunningham the Third, the grandson of the owner of this passenger car who is sleeping in the car next door, to Chicago for his wedding. Woolly, the other stowaway, is a sweet, stunted, "medicine"-addicted naf from a wealthy Northeastern family. Late in your discussion, after youve had the chance to share a bottle of wine or a few cocktails, tell each other what you would do if you were suddenly given half a million dollars. Emmett agrees. He greets Billy as he enters the boxcar. Duchess asks him where his father is, but Fitzy claims he doesnt know. However, Duchess claims that the money is safe and sound at Sarahs place, and he offers to give Emmett another car (Woollys 1941 Cadillac convertible). He thinks about the promise he made to Billy about counting to 10 before hitting someone. Abacus asks to meet Ulysses, and the two become acquainted. Emmett reminds Billy that its not necessarily safe to take food from random strangers. This morning, Emmett had recalled that the Statler building was where Duchess had said all the big agencies were housed. 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. Each [character], Towles implies, is the central protagonist of an ongoing adventure that is both unique and universal . They smiled back at her, and Emmett slept well that night. He thinks about how Emmett is not reckless, but tends to lash out when angry. Duchess remembers Fitzy, who was an old friend of his fathers and also an actor. Sally drops them both off at the train station, and she asks him to promise to call and check in (on Friday at 2:30) when they get to New York. It was also accompanied by five other cases Hamlet, Henry, Lear, Macbeth and Romeo. Emmett Watson has spent a year on a work farm for involuntary manslaughter. On Sunday June 20th, Duchess and Woolly slip out at the crack of dawn and head for Woollys great-grandfathers place. The Lincoln Highway is Towles's third historical fiction novel, and like his two previous titles, A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility, it is a #1 New York Times Bestseller. After Ulysses was knocked out, he slowly regained his consciousness. His father had started getting various illnesses two years ago, in 1952. Meanwhile, Emmett and Billy head for San Francisco. When he heads back, hes dismayed to see a police officer placing a parking ticket on Emmetts car. Four horses died in that fire because the firemen (who had been in a grocery store nearby) werent able to locate their truck. Then, in the kitchen hed found an envelope marked To Be Opened in the Event of My Absence in Woollys handwriting (which we soon learn is Woollys will). However, based on Woollys schooling background and family name, Ma Belle is able to deduce that Woolly must be from a very well-to-do family from the Upper East Side. However, the brothers soon discover that Duchess and Woolly, teens from the detention center, escaped and stowed away in the warden's car to the Watson farm. From the moment that Pastor John says the name Ulysses, Billy seem fascinated by the man. 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. Which character do you think evolves most significantly? He finds a drawer filled with unpaid bill notices. He goes looking for Duchess and finds him hacking unsuccessfully at the safe with an ax. . Mr. Meanwhile, Duchess and Woolly have driven as far as Illinois by now. When it seems like Billy doesnt have any food on him, Pastor John is about to leave until he hears the sound of coins Billys silver dollar collection jangling in Billys backpack. Maurice looks dejected. The book ends with Emmett leaving Duchess in a leaky boat with no oaks and with his $50K share in cash. Duchess also takes an inventory of the expenses that are owed to Emmett. Sally angrily drives home, only to see the sheriff sitting on their porch at home. Laying in deb, Duchess reminisces about traveling with his father in August of 1944 when he was 8. Sally also thinks unhappily about how Emmett had described her going through the time-consuming process of making homemade preserve as unnecessary. 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. Billy soon launches into a story about his own travels. There is a constant push and pull of wanting freedom and the things we owe to others. I, too, found this helpful since I had read the book months ago, and now it is my book clubs choice, but shouldnt a literary website copyread its work?!?!?! What does self-reliance mean to Emmett, to Duchess, and to Sally? He hoped to eventually have four properties to maintain and rent out for income. Townhouse warns, however, that the police looking for Duchesss were asking about a blue Studebaker. Finally, he finds Woolly, but Woolly is already dead from overdosing. In the station, Emmett tries to approach one of the workmen at the station to try to get advice on the best way to hop a train, but hes dismissed. This was a good review. For those interested in learning more about the background of the book or my process, I encourage you to browse this site where I have placed a variety of supporting materials. She arrives soon after Emmett. Now, after Duchess has knocked Emmett out, Billy is upset after seeing Duchess hit Emmett. Earlier that day, when Emmett had said he was taking off on his own to find Duchess and Woolly, Billy had thought about how in his stories heroes liked to take off on their own. The night, Sally looks up the number for Father Colmore. Upstairs, he checks the bedrooms. Duchess plans to start a new life after all of this and wants to clear out any debts he owes or owed to him before he does. Duchess thinks about the teachings of Sister Agnes, a nun at St. Nicholass Home for Boys where his father had dropped him off. Error rating book. 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. Afterwards, Duchess goes snooping around the house. Jimmy ended up in a coma for two months before finally succumbing to his injury. Downstairs, he hears some clanging, but he ignores it and climbs into bed. He sees that it was given to him by Ellie Matthiessen, the librarian. Duchess takes the opportunity to apologize for everything. 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. Sally also confronts him about suggesting that Emmett leave. 26 Feb Feb They reach a huge house next to a lake. Two brothers venture across 1950s America to New York in the absorbing new novel by the author of the bestselling A Gentleman in Moscow. . So, he plans to go there to ask about Harry Hewetts whereabouts and hopefully find Duchess in the process. He notes how Denniss office has all sorts of photos, but doesnt have a single photo of Sarah. So, when Sally called Sarahs place, no one picked up and it kept ringing instead. He wonders if perhaps he could open it somewhere in California, maybe Los Angeles. In July, his mother didnt seem to want to go see the fireworks. Through the course of the story, we examine friendship, family, trust, justice, and self discovery. Woolly, Billy, and Sally on their last night together, is an homage to my old friend and a favorite of the Towles family. Each of the cases had contained accessories for that respective character. Duchess thinks about the times Ackerly had hit them as he as brings the skillet down on Ackerlys head. Townhouse then directs Emmett to where Duchess will be that night, which turns out to be a raunchy circus show attached to a brothel. When Duchess inquires about his fathers whereabouts, the attendant Bernie says that the person to ask is Fitzy FitzWilliams. There were no firemen around, and he somehow became convinced that someone accidentally left it there. Tincture of opium would explain the dropper More questions about The Lincoln Highway. Back at the camp, Ulysses asks Billy to read him the story of Ulysses again. He presents Duchess with a black leather case, which Duchess recognizes. The Lincoln Highway: A Novel: Towles, Amor, Ballerini, Edoardo, Ireland, Marin, Graham, Dion: 9780593452097: Amazon.com: Books Books Literature & Fiction Genre Fiction Buy new: $36.98 List Price: $50.00 Details Save: $13.02 (26%) FREE Returns FREE delivery Friday, February 10. Almost immediately, the Lincoln Highway reinforced or reshaped a number of the book's themes and events. He doesnt know the address, but Billy says Woolly marked a spot on his map. 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. Fitzy loved reciting Walt Whitman, but gained a reputation as the go-to Santa Claus around the holidays for the wealthy and fashionable New York crowd. 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. Though it pretends to be a tale of the Heartland, even opening in Nebraska, the novel is mostly a story set in the greater New York City area. (And the teachings of Jesus Christ can free you through atonement for guilt or forgiveness for others). As Emmett is about to leave, Fitzy tells him about Duchesss mother, Delphine. The Lincoln Highway in California: Across the Golden State from Nevada to San Francisco (Highways of the West) Stephen H. Provost 1 Paperback 1 offer from $19.95 The Lincoln Highway: The Story of a Crusade That Made Transportation History Lincoln Highway Association 16 Paperback 11 offers from $7.79 Product details The best guide, now out of print but available in many local libraries, is Gregory Franzwa's The Lincoln Highway, Vol. The police soon pat Duchess down, and to Duchesss shock, they find it on him. In the novel The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles, when 18-year-old Emmett Watson told his younger brother William "Billy" Watson they needed to make a fresh start, Billy suggested they follow the route their mother took when she abandoned them, along . He didn't fit in with his high functioning, competitive family, so they just doped him up with laudanum. Tommy was friends with Bo Finlay, who shared his sentiments about race. 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). 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. All the primary characters are white boys. Its an Italian dinner of Fettuccine Mio Amore inspired by Duchesss story about Leonardos. Emmett confronts Duchess about taking the car, the money and the cops looking for him. Sally joins them (platonically) so she can start a new life out there as well. They explain that they stowed away in Warden Williams's trunk and have a proposition for Emmett. Marceline Maupassant was living there as well. Finally, just before 8 oclock, Emmett shows up at Sarahs door. Woolly, the other stowaway, is a sweet, stunted, "medicine"-addicted naf from a wealthy Northeastern family. Over fifteen years ago, three friends and I formed a reading group. He then asks Woolly about Salina. It leads him to Fitzy, who tells him about Duchess's past and also gives him Harry's Syracuse address. Outside, Emmett checks on his powder-blue 1948 Studebaker Land Cruiser. I realize this is likely a hobby but to develop a real following you must take grammar and spelling seriously, these are readers you are dealing with, we are much more inclined to be exceptional spellers & editors. Duchess goes to Townhouses place on 126th Street in Harlem and finds him sitting there on the stoop with some other boys. Emmett sees that the book is from 1951, but Ma Belle tells him that with society people, the addresses never change. 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. 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. In addition to the Emerson quotation left to Emmett, there are the recipes handed down to Sally, the officers watch handed down in the Wolcott family, the St. Christopher medal passed from Billy to Ulysses. You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with On 20 August 2012, a bomb attack occurred, killing at least eight and wounding nearly 64 people. Girls was a semi-popular HBO television production that aired from 2012-2017. Instead, Emmett works quickly to clear up and traces that theyd been there, and they deal with Duchess. Back at the camp, Ulysses tells Stew that hell be staying another night there. what medicine is woolly taking in the lincoln highway. But Sally makes it clear that shes not interested in trying to get involved with him. 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. However, Duchess drugs Emmett, leaves him at the brothel and ducks out. However, Billy starts asking Ulysses questions (since he recognizes the name from his book of adventurers) about whether he was at war, whether he crossed the sea, whether he left a wife and son behind, etc. However, by the next morning, she was already gone. However, Emmett disagrees that he has paid his debt. As Billy reads to him the story, Ulysses weeps, thinking about his own past. Hed ended up the the room with the safe (while Emmett was upstairs with Woollys body and while Duchess was in the boathouse). I needed to finish this for book club and ran out of time. It took him on a train that later arrived in New York. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This was very helpful to me, especially the careful chronological summary of the events. Not sure what the society option of choice would have been then? Right after, Emmett had started formulating a plan to move him and Billy into a fixer-upper that he could renovate and sell. I got the impression Sarahs pills were sleeping pills, figured Wooly was taking laudanum drops. He then thinks about how encountering Billy had reawakened his love of life and adventure. He disappears inside, and eventually Emmett goes looking for him. Billy says that hed want a house in San Francisco. Mr. Towles is one of the lucky few who can devote their full time to writing. The The Lincoln Highway Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. Emmett works on cleaning up, and Sally joins him. When he exits, Billy informs Emmett that Duchess and Woolly have taken the Studebaker and are on their way to New York. She thinks to herself that she does it because its time-consuming, old-fashioned, and unnecessary. Woolly explains that it wasnt too bed there, except that every day there was an every-day day meaning that the days were structured so that each one was exactly like the last. T he main themes in The Lincoln Highway are unintended consequences, alienation and longing, and self-reliance.. Woolly doesnt respond. He finally settles on beginning the story with Emmett being released from Salina. 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. The next morning, Emmett sees that Duchess and Woolly drove off in the Cadillac. Flashing back to before, Pastor John had been pretty torn up after being forced off the train. I was also guessing that Sarah was taking an opiate, like ladanum or opium (brown bottle) that when mixed with a Benzodiazepine like valium would be deadly. Fitzy explains that Duchesss father was the one who had refreshed his memory when he wrote that statement. Woolly then muses that it would be magnificent to have a one-of-a-kind kind of day. Her father defends himself, saying that Charlie was too proud to want help and that buying the land is what any rancher would do. THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY. When the subject of their mother comes up, Woolly gets upset when they mention her second husband, Richard. Emmett thinks about how the difficulty of distinguishing between fact and fancy was what drove their father to end up bankrupt pursuing his dreams. He then goes into the room that he had stayed at the longest. A while ago, Emmetts father, Charles Charlie William Watson, took out a second mortgage on the farm. And back at that camp, Ulysses and Billy are attacked by Pastor John. Why are the summaries counted down from 10? 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. Woolly comes from a very wealthy background and they have decided they are going to travel to the family vacation home in the Adirondacks and take $150,000 out of the . Ransom go inside to the kitchen to talk with Tom Obermeyer, a banker. Ulysses tells him about ending up in Iowa on foot when the boxcar hed been traveling in was stopped. In 1952, Duchess had just turned 16 and was living with his father at the Sunshine Hotel. One night, Duchess had seen them sneak two boxes of Oreos from the pantry into Townhouses locker in order to get him in trouble. Emmet's father, Charles William Watson, relocated to Nebraska from Boston in . 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. There are a number of smaller legacies in the novel. 2021 Amor Towles. Emmett confronts Duchess and tries to get him to leave. However, Billy wants to move to California. None of them are major and they dont detract from the content at all. 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. Emmett apologizes for forgetting to call her, but he says that her coming here was unnecessary. Next to him is a picture of Ackerly with two boys, presumably his grandsons. While it was a first offense, the value of the watch made it grand larceny. Hed then spotted the encampment due to the campfire, and saw that Billy and Ulysses were there. Then, as Duchess tries to hack open the safe, Woolly takes a bunch of pills and kills himself. They're soon interrupted by the presence of Duchess and Woolly, two guys Emmett knows from juvie. Reader Q&A, When a hiss of steam indicates that the car is going to move again, Emmett rushes out. His mother had gone to the attic to fetch a perfectly packed wicker picnic set. 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. 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