House by the Side of the Road: Stories of 20th Century Farm Life Beside Illinois' Lincoln Highway

Mrs. L.A. Abbott lived in the House by the Side of the Road for much of the 20th century, observing life and interacting with travelers along the Lincoln Highway. Mrs. Abbott brings those encounters to life in her stories of a time before interstate highways, reliable cars and cell phones, when being neighborly—even to strangers—was a way of life.