Two brothers who are looking for their mother, a son from a rich family who is looking for his money and a duchess who is mainly looking for himself. A special kind of odyssey from the 1950s.
Emmett Watson, 18, being driven home by a carer. The destination is the Watsons’ run-down farm in Nebraska. Emmett’s mom ran away, and his dad recently died. The junior was in a reform school because someone died in a fist fight. His plan is to drive straight down the Lincoln Highway to California with his brother Billy, ten years his junior, following in their mother’s footsteps. The car is ready: a Studebaker that Emmett earned himself. But unexpectedly, Woolly and Duchess show up. They sat with him in the reformatory.
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