Route 66 (Enthusiast Color Series)

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Author: Tim Steil

ISBN-10: 0760307474

ISBN-13: 9780760307472

Category: Photography - Travel

More than three decades after Route 66 went by the wayside, so to speak, it remains a nostalgic signifier of a 50-year period when cross-country travel was synonomous with meeting interesting characters, absorbing marvelous new sights, and stopping to check the oil along the way. In this colorful biopic of the "Mother Road," author Tim Steil retraces the wandering path of Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica, returning home with a scrapbook of new color photography and evocative period...

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In this colorful biopic of the "Mother Road", Steil retraces the wandering path of Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica, returning home with a scrapbook of new color photography and evocative period imagery of attractions that continue to operate despite the demise of the legendary two-lane. 90 photos, 80 in color.

Preface7Chapter 1Illinois: Shiny Side Up, Muddy Side Down9Chapter 2Missouri: Down the Old Wire Road21Chapter 3Kansas: The Few, The Proud29Chapter 4Oklahoma: Barbecue bor Breakfast33Chapter 5Texas: Drive Friendly47Chapter 6New Mexico: Urauium Below--Cobalt Above59Chapter 7Arizona: Here It Is!69Chapter 8California: The Garden of Eden83Epilogue95Index96