Summary of Amor Towles's The Lincoln Highway

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The Lincoln Highway (2021) chronicles the adventures of two young Nebraskan brothers, Emmett and Billy, as they travel across America in 1954. Emmett is just back from juvie when two boys from the prison show up at his home with a wild tale of treasure in New York City. Emmett agrees to take the pair of escapees as far as Omaha, but they steal his Studebaker along the way. Emmett and Billy set off to find them in New York, traveling along the Lincoln Highway, America’s first coast-to-coast roadway. Their journey is a classic American road trip, filled with twists and turns – and ending in self-discovery.