Legendary Route 66 - Michael Karl Witzel, Gyvel Young-Witzel

Legendary Route 66

A Journey Through Time Along America's Mother Road
Buch | Hardcover
256 Seiten
2007
Voyageur Press (Verlag)
978-0-7603-2978-8 (ISBN)
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Starting in Chicago and ending in Los Angeles, Route 66 is possibly the best-known road in the world, full of travels, stories, histories. This book provides an account of the highway's history, it's role in popular culture, individual stories of famous sights, and the story of it's demise.
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.

Mike Witzel is the award-winning author of more than two dozen books, including the MBI bestsellers Route 66 Remembered, The American Gas Station, The American Diner, and, most recently, Legendary Route 66. He has appeared on Discovery Channels Worlds Top Ten Fast Food Restaurants and Tailfins and Drive-ins; Food Network¢s Unwrapped: Drive-In Restaurants; and History Channels American Eats: History on a Bun.Michael Witzel and Gyvel Young Witzel are some of the best known American car culture historians. Michael is the author of Route 66 Remembered as well as a dozen other pop culture histories, including with co-author Gyvel, Soda Pop! and The Sparkling Story of Coca-Cola. Michael Witzel and Gyvel Young-Witzel reside in Austin, Texas. Gyvel Young Witzel is one of the best known American car culture historians. He resides in Austin, Texas.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.10.2007
Vorwort Jim Ross
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Reisen Reiseberichte Nord- / Mittelamerika
ISBN-10 0-7603-2978-8 / 0760329788
ISBN-13 978-0-7603-2978-8 / 9780760329788
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