Route 66 Yesterday And Today
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Route 66 Yesterday And Today
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Author : Joe Berardi
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-04-26
Route 66 Yesterday And Today written by Joe Berardi and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-26 with categories.
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."
Drive Ins Of Route 66
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Author : Michael Kilgore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-09-02
Drive Ins Of Route 66 written by Michael Kilgore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-02 with Travel categories.
Enjoy a trip down legendary US 66 to visit the 105 drive-in theaters along the way. Historian and Carload.com webmaster Michael Kilgore provides the details of each along with their often quirky stories. Packed with dozens of photos, some never before printed in any book, Drive-Ins of Route 66 is a must for any drive-in enthusiast or Route 66 fan.
Life On Route 66
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Author : Claudia Heller
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2012-05-15
Life On Route 66 written by Claudia Heller and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-15 with History categories.
A celebration of America’s most historic highway, in words and pictures. Winding through the rugged heartland of the American West, Route 66 has resonated for generations in hardscrabble tales of hopeful seekers of new homes and new lives. It also inspired Alan and Claudia Heller, longtime residents of Duarte, a California town along Route 66, to hitch their trailer to a retirement dream and travel the road again, journeying through their home state and back to Chicago. They collected stories of the iconic highway, and what it means to the people who live along its way, for a series in the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group. This collection retraces their journey and introduces us to some of the people and places that make Route 66 truly historic.
Legendary Route 66
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Author : Michael Karl Witzel
language : en
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Release Date : 2007-10-15
Legendary Route 66 written by Michael Karl Witzel and has been published by Voyageur Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-15 with History categories.
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
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Route 66 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Roadside architecture categories.
Route 66 takes you the length of the Mother Road, from Chicago to Santa Monica, and lets you experience the road as it always has been. Drive into the past and see America's Highway with yesterday's eyes, and tour the roadway as it is today with photographer David Schneider. At times a joyful journey, and at times merely a reminder of a time now passed, Route 66 delivers the Mother Road experience in stories and photographs.
Route 66
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Author : Krish Kandiah
language : en
Publisher: Monarch Books
Release Date : 2011-05-04
Route 66 written by Krish Kandiah and has been published by Monarch Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-04 with Religion categories.
The intention of this book is to teach Christians how to use the Bible to live well. It has eight sections - living faithfully, distinctively, emotionally, imaginatively, discerningly, purposefully, infectiously and hopefully. Each provides an introduction to a different kind of literature within the Bible and follows with questions for discussion and five days of daily readings. The material is ideal for group use and the plan is to publish both single copies and a discounted pack of five. A separate supporting DVD will be produced by Elevation.
The Complete Route 66 Lost Found
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
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The Complete Route 66 Lost Found written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Travel categories.
Now Russell Olsen’s best-selling collections featuring Route 66 filling stations, main streets, motor courts, cafés, campgrounds, honky-tonks, truck stops, and barbecue joints as they appeared both in their heyday and today is available in one package. For more than 30 years, Route 66 was America’s main east-west artery, pointing the nation toward all the promise that California represented. To serve these travelers, Route 66 boasted bustling commercial hubs, many of which remain today, many more of which crumbled long ago. All of the sites included here—150 in all—are shown both during their mid-century heydays and as they appear today. Taken together, the marvelous visual and descriptive elements assembled here—period postcards and imagery, specially commissioned maps, and Olsen’s own photography and capsule histories of the sites featured—comprise a unique, state-by-state look back at America’s Main Street.
Route 66
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Author : Bruce Wexler
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2023-11-07
Route 66 written by Bruce Wexler and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-07 with Travel categories.
Buckle Up and Get Your Kicks on Route 66! Originally paved in the 1920s, the 2,451 miles of Route 66 have been a staple of the American Road Trip and have become an iconic thread running through the life, history, and culture of America. Spanning a total of eight states and stretching from Chicago all the way to the Pacific Ocean, Route 66 was appropriately named the "Mother Road" by John Steinbeck. An icon of American Folklore, Route 66 details slew of old gas stations, restaurants, diners, rest stops, and other attractions. Each must-see vestige is peppered with the history of the area. Route 66: Ghost Towns and Roadside Relics takes the reader along the whole length pf the most iconic stretch of road in the world. The book brings the essence of the Mother Road to life as it swings by nostalgic towns, faded motels, vintage gas stations, dilapidated signs, and famous landmarks on the route. So buckle up and Get Your Kicks on Route 66!
A Route 66 Companion
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Author : David King Dunaway
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2012-02-20
A Route 66 Companion written by David King Dunaway and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-20 with Literary Collections categories.
A literary history of America’s most storied highway, featuring work from Raymond Chandler, Joan Didion, John Steinback, Sylvia Plath, and more. Even before there was a road, there was a route. Buffalo trails, Indian paths, the old Santa Fe trace—all led across the Great Plains and the western mountains to the golden oasis of California. America’s insatiable westering urge culminated in Route 66, the highway that ran from Chicago to Los Angeles. Opened in 1926, Route 66 became the quintessential American road. It offered the chance for freedom and a better life, whether you were down-and-out Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl in the 1930s or cool guys cruising in a Corvette in the 1960s. Even though the interstates long ago turned Route 66 into a by lane, it still draws travelers from around the world who long to experience the freedom of the open road. A Route 66 Companion gathers fiction, poetry, memoir, and oral history to present a literary historical portrait of America’s most storied highway. From accounts of pioneering trips across the western plains to a sci-fi fantasy of traveling Route 66 in a rocket, here are stories that explore the mystique of the open road, told by master storytellers ranging from Washington Irving to Raymond Chandler, Joan Didion, Sylvia Plath, Leslie Marmon Silko, and John Steinbeck. Interspersed among them are reminiscences that, for the first time, honor the varied cultures—Native American, Mexican American, and African American, as well as Anglo—whose experiences run through the Route 66 story like the stripe down the highway. So put the top down, set the cruise control, and “make that California trip” with A Route 66 Companion. “Route 66 has a long and interesting history, and Dunaway . . . has done a fantastic job selecting works of literature about ‘America’s Main Street’ to tell its dynamic story, supplemented by the editor’s own invaluable commentary. . . . [An]all-around remarkable anthology.” —Publishers Weekly “A Route 66 Companion is a great read and should find its way to the hands of any armchair traveler or lover of the history of the American West.” —Oral History Review
Route 66 In St Louis
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Author : Joe Sonderman
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2008
Route 66 In St Louis written by Joe Sonderman and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
In 1926, highway planners laid out a ribbon of roadways connecting the nation. One of the most important wove its way across eight states, from the cities of the heartland to golden California. In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck calls it "the Mother Road." Route 66 has become a legend, celebrated in books, movies, works of art, and popular music. The interstates could not kill it. As "the Main Street of America," Route 66 had to pass through "the Gateway to the West," St. Louis. Crossing the Mississippi River, the road took many different paths through the busy city and then united to travel into the rolling hills of the Ozarks. Along the way there were mom-and-pop motels, tourist traps, roadside restaurants, a man selling frozen custard, one living with snakes, and another who claimed to be Jesse James. Their stories are here.