Ep96: The Thing About John Thorpe's Gig

John Thorpe has recently purchased a gig, and he has a full list of (obviously extremely impressive) features to review with you. Buckle up because this episode we're delivering a crash course on gig carriages.

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• Ewing, Jennifer S. “As the Wheel Turns: Horse-Drawn Vehicles in Jane Austen’s Novels.” Persuasions On-Line 40, no. 1 (Winter 2019). https://ezproxy.uvu.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/as-wheel-turns-horse-drawn-vehicles-jane-austen-s/docview/2332294766/se-2?accountid=14779.
  
• Felton, William. A Treatise on Carriages. 3rd ed. Vol. 2. London, 1803. https://archive.org/details/treatiseoncarria01felt/page/n7/mode/2up.
  
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