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Robert Bruce

1872-?

Robert Bruce was one of the first to write about America's highways. Throughout his career, Bruce's writings often focused on old highways such as the National Road and the Lincoln Highway. Bruce's The Old National Road laid the foundation for later writers such as Phillip Jordan and George Stewart.

A bibliography of Bruce's writings includes:

  • Bruce, Robert. 'Gettysburg for the Motorist.' New York: Automobile Club of America. Ca. 1919.
  • Bruce, Robert. The Old National Road: Including a Series of Detailed Maps, Showing Topography and Principal Points of Historic Interest. Washington, DC and Old Slip, NY: National Highway Association and the Author. 1916. Reprint available from Price Maccus Publishers, P.O. Box 149, Berryville, Virginia 22611 (1983).
  • Bruce, Robert. The Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania: Old Philadelphia Pittsburgh Pike, or Pennsylvania State Road Incorporating the Lancaster Turnpike and Part of the Route of the Forbes Road; Philadelphia through Lancaster, Columbia, York, Gettysburg, Chambersburg... Washington, DC[?]: American Automobile Association and the National Highways Association. 1920.
  • Bruce, Robert. Brandywine: A Revolutionary Battlefield on the Maintraveled Highway between New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. Clinton, NY: In cooperation with American Automobile Association, Automobile Club of America, and the National Highway Association. 1922. 46 pages.

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