Download or read book Farewell Route 66 written by Michael Lund and published by BeachHouse Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title of this book might suggest that I'm saying goodbye to the central subject of my fiction. That is not the case. A fifth and final book in this At Home and Away novel series is in progress because, like the rebirth of the Mother Road as "Historic Route 66," the story of America is always adding new chapters connected to its past. This five-volume novel series chronicles an American family during times of peace and war from 1915 to 2015. The first book, Route 66 Sweetheart, is set mostly in and around Rutherford, New Jersey, during the 1930s. Route 66 Dreamer features the son of a Swedish immigrant who pursues his dreams of American success in Kansas and Missouri in the early 1940s. However, in both books some family members move away to distant countries and unexpected challenges. The third volume, Route 66 Looking-glass, takes place primarily in Missouri in the mmid-1960s, but characters also travel far from home and familiar experiences. Farewell, Route 66 follows another generation of family members, this time from Missouri to Southeast Asia where many learn, sadly, "how to not tell a war story." In the final volume of the series, Route 66 Redux, the next generation travels to Europe and the Middle East to understand their identity in a multi-national community.

Download or read book The Last Great American Road Trip written by Russell C Words and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is where we are in 2023, on the eve of the Centennial of Route 66. If journalists today wander onto Route 66 in the course of telling a story they need to add an obligatory descriptor - an historic road that once ran between Chicago and Los Angeles. Younger readers could be excused for wondering if Conestoga wagons once used the road. Route 66 was - and always will be - the most famous United States road that ever was. The Mother Road. America's Main Street. Travel on Route 66 was a way of life for many, a beacon in the imagination for many more. Televison, movies, popular music - Route 66 existed in the heart of American car culture of the mid-20th century. But if you received your driver's license after 1985, Route 66 was already gone - at least officially. The road was decommissioned in 1985 and removed from highway maps. Much of the original highway was appropriated by the interstate system that had been gobbling up stretches of Route 66 right-of-way since the 1950s. But much of the roadway still existed. It was soon swept up by a wave of nostalgia in the 1990s when Route 66 could rekindle memories of how it was to take a road trip when gas stations were service stations, when road food meant Mom-and-Pop joints, when business signs meant neon. Associations formed, motels re-awakened and souvenir shops stocked. A generation has passed since those days. Many of the Route 66 attractions spruced up for the revival travelers are tired again. It is not likely that another Mother Road renaissance will come to their rescue. They are still there for the most part, however. The last great American road trip is still possible. Some can still tour America's Main Street and remember how YOU once were. But it will not be long before the only drivers on Route 66 will only be driving to experience how AMERICA once was. The way we visit Revolutionary War battlefields - as history. In the future you may even see re-enactors on Route 66, dressed in uniforms pumping gas and checking under the hood. Yes, people used to do that at gas stations. Why is this "Last Great American Road Trip" a unique opportunity? Who is going to return to drive the interstates they grew up on? Historic I-95, historic I-80, historic 1-10. Nope, it isn't going to work that way. For that matter what is the future of the road trip? The golden age of Route 66 dovetailed perfectly with the heyday of America's fascination with cars and youth that defined much of the 20th century. Remember how the milestone event of your teenage years was getting your driver's license? Cars are not at the center of young lives that way anymore. And haven't been for a while. Driving for pleasure seems as alien as rushing to answer your rotary phone because you didn't know who was on the other end. So this is the time. Route 66. Road trip. The magic is running out. This book is not a turn-by-turn direction guide. If you are not full in on GPS by now you should be; an address will suffice. It is not a comprehensive look at everything that exists on the one-time Mother Road. Driving Route 66 is a mood, not a checklist. This is more of a treasure hunt for Route 66 All-Stars selected because they tell the best stories about America's most fabled road - Heritage Businesses, Restored Architecture, Guardians of the Road, Museums, Historic Infrastructure, Roadside Art, Roadside Attractions, and the occasional Escape to Nature. Despite its out-sized place in the American experience, America's Main Street enjoyed only a relatively brief time in the baking sun. But when it disappeared almost immediately Americans recognized that something had been lost. What is it that people were so afraid to lose? What stories do the buildings tell? So as the window on Route 66 nostalgia begins to close what is still out there? Let's have a look.

Download or read book Eating Up Route 66 written by T. Lindsay Baker and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its designation in 1926 to the rise of the interstates nearly sixty years later, Route 66 was, in John Steinbeck’s words, America’s Mother Road, carrying countless travelers the 2,400 miles between Chicago and Los Angeles. Whoever they were—adventurous motorists or Dustbowl migrants, troops on military transports or passengers on buses, vacationing families or a new breed of tourists—these travelers had to eat. The story of where they stopped and what they found, and of how these roadside offerings changed over time, reveals twentieth-century America on the move, transforming the nation’s cuisine, culture, and landscape along the way. Author T. Lindsay Baker, a glutton for authenticity, drove the historic route—or at least the 85 percent that remains intact—in a four-cylinder 1930 Ford station wagon. Sparing us the dust and bumps, he takes us for a spin along Route 66, stopping to sample the fare at diners, supper clubs, and roadside stands and to describe how such venues came and went—even offering kitchen-tested recipes from historic eateries en route. Start-ups that became such American fast-food icons as McDonald’s, Dairy Queen, Steak ’n Shake, and Taco Bell feature alongside mom-and-pop diners with flocks of chickens out back and sit-down restaurants with heirloom menus. Food-and-drink establishments from speakeasies to drive-ins share the right-of-way with other attractions, accommodations, and challenges, from the Whoopee Auto Coaster in Lyons, Illinois, to the piles of “chat” (mining waste) in the Tri-State District of Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, to the perils of driving old automobiles over the Jericho Gap in the Texas Panhandle or Sitgreaves Pass in western Arizona. Describing options for the wealthy and the not-so-well-heeled, from hotel dining rooms to ice cream stands, Baker also notes the particular travails African Americans faced at every turn, traveling Route 66 across the decades of segregation, legal and illegal. So grab your hat and your wallet (you’ll probably need cash) and come along for an enlightening trip down America’s memory lane—a westward tour through the nation’s heartland and history, with all the trimmings, via Route 66.

Download or read book End of the Trail written by Dan Rice and published by Pacific Coast Creative Publishing: The Way Things Are Publications. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "End of the Trail" is an autobiographical account of Route 66 enthusiast Rice's eight-year struggle with Traumatic Brain Injury. His Hollywood life and high-paced track to a Ph.D. in Psychology was abruptly derailed in 2002 when he suffered severe brain injuries in a near-fatal car accident, and a long and painful road to recovery began.

Download or read book The Last Riders on Route 66 written by Chet Nichols and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-06 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Last Riders On Route 66", is a story about two college students, who decide to take a hitchhiking trip from Oklahoma City to Los Angeles. The story takes place during their two week "Spring Break" in late March of 1967. They have discovered that Route 66 will officially be eliminated and replaced with several interstate highways in the fall, so they decide to see the Mother Road before it fades away.The underlying vibe in the story is that these two good-natured, wholesome "Happy Days" kids are about to collide with the emerging counter-culture of the 60's.Our storyteller is a young musician and songwriter, who brings his guitar along with him on the trip. He dreams of "making it" in the music business as a writer and performer. He is a troubadour at heart with a subliminal drive to nurture his creative and spiritual consciousness. With the story taking place at the time when America is caught up in the Vietnam War, the rise of the civil rights movement, the explosion of the arts and music, the sexual revolution, the psychedelic era, the burgeoning space program, and the social and spiritual upheaval that personified the times, all the characters get caught up in the swirling re-evaluations of American culture that personified the times.At the same time, the story guides the reader down the wonders, sights and sounds that made up the "Route 66" experience. Filled with unique people who are running to something, running from something or just wandering, they exist within the backdrop of the pending changes that are waiting to change Route 66 forever as it prepares to disappear and fade.In the end, the journey that they took, opens their minds and inspires them to move forward with their lives and not let fear of the unknown stop you from exploring the world around them.If you've ever dream about a road trip that will take you back in time, this story will do it for you. Moreover, if you enjoy Jack Kerouac, Tom Wolfe and Ken Kesey you will enjoy this tale.

Download or read book Route 66 written by Dr Michael Clarke and published by Michael Clarke. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The road trip is becoming a lost in America; it's time to get back the feel of the road in the steering and the sound the wind makes passing over the top of windshield. Join Todd Stiles and Buzz Murdoch as they return to Route 66 thirty years later to complete a journey they didn't complete. In the tradition of Jack Kerouac and Don Quixote they will take you on an "A" ticket ride across America. Pack your bags and your memories and head for the driveway until you put Route 66: The Last Mile down your going to be away from home for awhile. "Get a good grip on that steering wheel and turn the key!"

Download or read book Legendary Route 66 written by Michael Karl Witzel, Gyvel Young-Witzel and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Route 66 Still Kicks written by Rick Antonson and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wild ride through America's heartlands.

Download or read book Hip to the Trip written by Peter B. Dedek and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2007-04-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dedek paints a complex portrait of America's most famous highway.

Download or read book Route 66 in California written by Glen Duncan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Mother Road" hauled it all, traversing the American West from Chicago to Santa Monica Beach, the last 350 miles through Southern California. For settlers, Depression-era "Okies" and "Arkies," and post-World War II families bound for suburbia, Route 66 was a migration funnel for generations. Wending through the mountains and badlands of San Bernardino County into Los Angeles County, Route 66 became a state of mind and a catchphrase for travelers everywhere, especially after singer Bobby Troupe popularized the hit song "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" and actors Martin Milner and George Maharis hit the road with the ragtop down and the shades on in the namesake television series that seemed to go anywhere every week. The shield of the Route 66 sign has become iconography for the growth of Southern California's economy, population, popularity, and folklore.

Download or read book Life on Route 66 written by Claudia Heller and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Life on Route 66 written by Claudia Heller and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winding through the rugged heartland of the American West, Route 66 has resonated for generations in hardscrabble stories of hopeful seekers of new homes and lives. The Mother Road has inspired books and shows by the dozens, exploring the mythology and anticipation of freedom road. But here is something new. Coauthors Alan and Claudia Heller, longtime residents of Duarte, California, along Route 66, hitched their trailer to a retirement dream and traveled the road again, in 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. Retrace their journey with this collection and find the people and places that make Route 66 truly historic.

Download or read book Route 66 written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Route 66 the Last Mile written by Robin Venturelli and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Route 66; The Last Mile" features Robin's life living on the western end of the historic Route 66 in Santa Monica, California. Robin shares her street photography of life in a vibrant yet ever-changing city with its excesses, pleasures, pitfalls, and perplexities. While photographing her neighborhood, she was able to show these extremes, in a social commentary theme, along with the "everyday aspects" of the constantly altering life at the end of the route.

Download or read book Route 66 75th Anniversary Edition written by Michael Wallis and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-06-23 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Definitive book on the most famous road in American history.

Download or read book Miscellaneous New Mexico Legislation and Route 66 Study Act of 1989 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Best Hits on Route 66 written by Amy Bizzarri and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspiring, practical, and entertaining, this is the premier guide to all the off-the-radar stops along America’s Mother Road that you simply must not miss. Author Amy Bizzarri, a Route 66 expert and enthusiast, provides a comprehensive list of 100 unique stops that you’ll want to take a moment to explore as you journey along the highway’s 2,500 miles. The Best Hits on Route 66 also includes specialized itineraries with themes that make it easier than ever to plan a road trip to remember. Check out: - Gearhead's Guide to Route 66 - Hollywood on 66 - Native American History on Route 66 - Mother Road for Music Lovers - The Mother Road with Kids - Natural Wonders of Route 66 - Speedy 66: Chicago to Santa Monica in Six Days - and Supernatural 66