The Lincoln Highway
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10. Emmett 10. Duchess 9. Emmett 9. Duchess 9. Woolly 9. Sally 9. Duchess (2) 8. Emmett 8. Duchess 8. Emmett (2) 8. Duchess (2) 8. Emmett (3) 7. Duchess 7. Woolly 7. Emmett 7. Pastor John 7. Ulysses 7. Duchess (2) 7. Emmett (2) 6. Duchess 6. Emmett 6. Woolly 6. Duchess (2) 6. Sally 6. Ulysses 5. Woolly 5. Duchess 5. Emmett 5. Ulysses 5. Pastor John 5. Ulysses (2) 5. Duchess (2) 4. Woolly 4. Duchess 4. Emmett 4. Sally 4. Emmett (2) 4. Duchess (2) 4. Woolly (2) 3. Woolly 3. Duchess 3. Emmett 3. Woolly (2) 3. Duchess (2) 3. Sally 3. Woolly (3) 3. Emmett (2) 2. Duchess 2. Emmett 2. Woolly 2. Abacus 2. Billy 1. Emmett 1. Sally 1. Emmett (2) 1. Duchess 1. Billy 1. Emmett (3) 1. Duchess (2)
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All Themes Stories, Truth, and Lies Debts and Atonement Maturity and Responsibility Adventure Pride vs. Humility
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All Characters Emmett Watson Duchess Hewett Billy Watson Woolly Wolcott Sally Ransom Ulysses Pastor John Townhouse Sarah Whitney Professor Abacus Abernathe Charlie Watson Billy and Emmett’s Mother Harrison Hewett Jimmy Snyder Sister Agnes Warden Ackerly Patrick “Fitzy” FitzWilliams Mr. Ransom Marceline Maupassant
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The Lincoln Highway

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Amor Towles
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The Lincoln Highway represents the idea that embarking on fresh adventure doesn’t mean escaping from one’s past. When Emmett tells Billy they need to move out of Nebraska for a fresh start, Billy immediately proposes…

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