Route 66 Still Kicks - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Route 66 Still Kicks write by Rick Antonson. This book was released on 2012-06-23. Route 66 Still Kicks available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Through the stories of one of Canada's most enthusiastic travellers explore the famous American highway that inspired the likes of Al Capone, Salvador Dali, Mickey Mantle, and the countless fans of this iconic American landmark.
Route 66 Still Kicks
Route 66 Still Kicks - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Route 66 Still Kicks write by Rick Antonson. This book was released on 2012-08-15. Route 66 Still Kicks available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “You’ll never understand America until you’ve driven Route 66—that’s old Route 66—all the way,” a truck driver in California once said to author Rick Antonson. “It’s the most famous highway in the world.” With some determination, grit, and a good sense of direction, one can still find and drive on 90 percent of the original Route 66 today. This travelogue follows Rick and his travel companion Peter along 2,400 miles through eight states from Chicago to Los Angeles as they discover the old Route 66. With surprising and obscure stories about Route 66 personalities like Woody Guthrie, John Steinbeck, Al Capone, Salvador Dali, Dorothea Lange, Cyrus Avery (the Father of Route 66), the Harvey Girls, Mickey Mantle, and Bobby Troup (songwriter of “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66”), Antonson’s fresh perspective reads like an easy drive down a forgotten road: winding, stopping now and then to mingle with the locals and reminisce about times gone by, and then getting stuck in the mud, sucked into its charms. Rick mixes hilarious anecdotes of happenstance travel with the route’s difficult history, its rise and fall in popularity, and above all, its place in legend. The author has committed part of his book’s proceeds to the preservation work of the National Route 66 Federation.
Arizona Kicks on Route 66
Arizona Kicks on Route 66 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Arizona Kicks on Route 66 write by Roger Naylor. This book was released on 2011. Arizona Kicks on Route 66 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Arizona is home to the longest intact portion of Route 66, stretching 158 miles from west of Ash Fork to the California border. In words and pictures, Naylor and Lindahl explore the history and nostalgia surrounding the "Mother Road," and the great swaths of Arizona that it passes through. They describe a wealth of spectacular and easy side trips that surround the highway. Arizona, the birthplace of Historic Route 66, is where you can still "get your kicks."
Traveling Route 66
Traveling Route 66 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Traveling Route 66 write by Nick Freeth. This book was released on 2001. Traveling Route 66 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An entertaining travelogue follows the legendary highway over more than two thousand miles of road leading from Chicago to Los Angeles, describes the many landmarks along the way, and discusses the significance of Route 66 in terms of American history and culture. Original.
Ghost Towns of Route 66
Ghost Towns of Route 66 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ghost Towns of Route 66 write by Jim Hinckley. This book was released on 2011-06-09. Ghost Towns of Route 66 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explore the mystery and beauty of historic ghost towns from Illinois to California with this gorgeously illustrated guide to America’s favorite highway. The quintessential boom-and-bust highway of the American West, Route 66 once hosted a thriving array of boom towns built around oil wells, railroad stops, cattle ranches, resorts, stagecoach stops, and gold mines. Join Route 66 expert Jim Hinckley as he tours more than twenty-five ghost towns, rich in stories and history, complemented by gorgeous sepia-tone and color photography by Kerrick James. Also includes directions and travel tips for your ghost-town explorations along Route 66.
