Legendary Route 66

Author: Michael Karl Witzel, Gyvel Young-Witzel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781616731236
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
It started in the heartland and originally ended in Los Angeles (not, contrary to myth, at the ocean). It carried truckers crossing the country, Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl, vacationers seeking the sun. It was Americas Main Street, the Mother Road, the Will Rogers Highway, and, at its dangerous curves, Bloody 66. Get your kicks on Route 66 with this wonderfully illustrated tribute to the best-loved highway in this car-loving nation. Michael Witzel shares his expertise and wealth of personal, archive, collector, and contributing photographer images in these pages, offering a nostalgic tour of the charms and oddities of this road through American cultural history. Starting in Chicago and running to Santa Monica, this book highlights the sights along the highway with historic and current photos in then-and-now pairings, and includes Route 66 postcards, road signs, trinkets, maps, brochures, and advertisements. Here we see Route 66 as it was in its heyday and as it is now, the neon glamour of yesterday versus the ghost towns of today. Witzel and his wife, Gyvel Young-Witzel, recount the highways history, its role in popular culture, and its demise, as well as the individual stories of famous sights. Several profiles of those with close ties to the Mother Road, including the woman who played Ruthie Joad in the The Grapes of Wrath film, are included.

Route 66, 75th Anniversary Edition

Author: Michael Wallis
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312281617
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
The Definitive book on the most famous road in American history.

Route 66 Travel Atlas 1 : 1 840 000

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781553413011
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64

Book Description

The Illustrated Route 66 Historical Atlas

Author: Jim Hinckley
Publisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 0760345430
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
"A look at 500 of Route 66's most significant past and present sites in seven categories, illustrated with hundreds of photographs and specially commissioned maps"--

Illustrated Route 66 Historical Atlas

Author: Jim Hinckley
Publisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 1627884963
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
The definitive, fully illustrated state-by-state atlas of the shifting alignments, historic sites, and current points of interest along the United States' beloved Route 66. Route 66 changed immensely in the six decades between its opening in 1926 and its removal from the U.S. highway system in 1985. Since that time, Route 66 has enjoyed a renaissance, and interest in America's Mother Road as both a historical byway and a travel destination continues to grow. In this unprecedented volume, prolific Route 66 author Jim Hinckley presents an illustrated Route 66 atlas that explores the road's history from its inception into the present day. The Illustrated Route 66 Atlas is highlighted by more than a dozen specially commissioned maps that include points of interest along or near Route 66, divided into six categories: pre-1926 historic sites (such as Lincoln's home and presidential library); noteworthy landmarks; the locations of infamous crimes and disasters; parks of interest; key sites in Route 66's evolution (such as Hooker's Cut, Missouri, an engineering marvel when completed); military-specific sites (including Civil War battlefields and POW and internment camps); historic attractions from the road's midcentury heyday (such as Little Beaver Town and Geronimo's Trading Post); film-related sites; and locations important to Route 66's modern resurgence. Illustrated with photography and memorabilia in addition to the maps, The Illustrated Route 66 Atlas is a unique, colorful, and visually dynamic look at 500 of the Mother Road's most significant sites from the past and today.

Route 66 Backroads

Author: Jim Hinckley
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 1616731923
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
Get off the beaten path and explore the hidden-gem destinations within a few hours of the Mother Road! Includes numerous photos and illustrations. Known as the Main Street of America and the Mother Road, US Route 66 is the nation’s best-known highway. This lavishly illustrated book steers you from Chicago to Los Angeles, traveling through the lowlands of the American Plains and the high plateaus of New Mexico and Arizona, from the Great Lakes to the mighty Pacific Ocean, and through major metropolises and remote country towns. Best of all, it lets you branch away from the Mother Road and encounter gems hidden beyond today’s standard motels and tourist traps—the quaint frontier communities that date back to the nation’s westward expansion; the legacy of ancient native cultures; and the awe-inspiring natural wonders that have graced these lands since time immemorial. State parks, wildlife refuges, museums, historic sites, literary landmarks, and much more are there to be explored within a few hours’ drive from the path of Route 66. The fifty trips included here offer new travel opportunities for the thousands of road-trippers who follow this legendary route, looking for something more. “The road and this book recall a time before franchise restaurants and chain motels choked America’s highways . . . the guide consists of 50 driving tours, which include plenty of side trips.” —Arizona Republic

Route 66

Author: David Knudson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0747812810
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 57

Book Description
Begun in 1926 to connect Chicago to Los Angeles, Route 66 was the country's first major east-west thoroughfare. By 1930 it was an important route for both truckers and travellers alike, and in 1939 it became known as 'The Mother Road' thanks to John Steinbeck's classic The Grapes of Wrath. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of Americans travelled this great road from those heading west during the Great Depression to postwar families taking road trips across the country – but by the 1970s four-lane highways, expressways, and tollways had largely supplanted it, and Route 66 fell into disrepair. In this book, authority David Knudson traces the fascinating story of The Mother Road from origins to decline, including the roadside attractions and cottage industries it spawned and the efforts to save and restore it.

Route 66

Author: Tom Snyder
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312254179
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
Fully revised and expanded New stories-more details -Nearly 30 feet of strip maps -350 towns and attractions -More highway memorabilia -Mini-tours-rentals-discounts -Chicago-L.A. mileage table

Route 66 Yesterday and Today

Author: Joe Berardi
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781511903790
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 82

Book Description
The book, Route 66 Yesterday and Today is the updated re-titled Route 66 Favorites book. It now has 15 large color maps for retracing the fragments of the original Route 66 highway. More color photographs have be added to this edition. Route 66 was the first all-weather cross-country highway from Chicago to Los Angeles. This book covers a little of the history and several of the sights and nostalgic relics of this by-gone time. We mention a few museums that have been erected to celebrate this magical era of freedom of travel. This type of travel was previously not possible or recommended due to lack of reliable maps and bad road quality. Now, mostly replaced by Interstate 40, Route 66 still calls to those who remember or long for that trip down the Mother Road. Old classic cars, trucks, gas pumps, motels and restaurants, some now rusted and aged, others newly restored, are featured in full color photographs. A description of our experience driving the route from Arizona to Missouri is included with special consideration given to the best places to visit. There are some humorous stops with decorated cars or mannequin mechanics. There is even a restaurant called The Roadkill Cafe and a motel where you sleep in a wigwam. Join us on this nostalgic journey down what's left of Route 66."

Route Sixty-six

Author: Bob Moore
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780964145702
Category : Automobile travel
Languages : en
Pages : 94

Book Description
A mile-by-mile guide to the highway, ROUTE 66 gives the reader a running commentary of the people along the road, and a touchable piece of Americana. Radio station, motel, and restaurant recommendations are combined with maps and historical facts about the Mother Road for the actual or armchair traveler.