The plotline was a little convoluted at times, but I will forgive a lot for a brilliant premise, and boy, did this book have one. So there was a mapmaker, General Drafting Corporation, which started some of the first road maps of New York State back at the beginning of travel by auto (i.e., prior to Triple A).  They were generally cheap, purchased at the gas stations that were just coming into being, and were very carefully and meticulously researched.  Before long, other larger firms […]