9000 Miles In A Knight: The 1930 Travel Journal of Pearl Maybelle Hugunin MacHenry

On May 18, 1930 Pearl Maybelle Hugunin MacHenry, her husband Reverend Ward Worthington MacHenry and their four youngest children climbed into their Willys-Knight touring car and began their 9,000 mile road trip from Seattle, Washington, across the United States, into Canada and back home July 11. Pearl carefully documented the family’s adventures within her journal including: driving on 4,000 miles of unpaved roads, attending the 142nd Presbyterian General Assembly in Cincinnati, Ohio, and finding a camp spot among the 500 in Washington, D.C Pearl’s colorful and enthusiastic writing shares intimate family stories, describes the happy reunions with family and friends scattered across the States, as well as sad times of cemetery visits of parents long gone. Pearl’s journal of the beginning of the great American road trip gives a rare and unique glimpse into the lives and experiences of 1930 America, going through the Depression and Prohibition, yet always beautiful from sea to shining sea.