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Legendary Route 66: A Journey Through Time Along America's Mother Road

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If you're looking for a basic tour guide of The Mother Road which goes state by state from Illinois to California put this down and get something else. This fabulous 251 page book is packed with photos, memorabilia, and trivia regarding Route 66. But it's much more than that. It examines the terrain decades before the road was built. It then goes decade by decade showing the earliest days of the road to the dust bowl days to the 50s and the interstate system through the beginning of the next century and the renewed interest in the highway to end all highways. But there's even more than this. There are two and three-page profiles throughout the book such as:

Horatio Earle: Michigan State Senator at the turn of the century who began the process to create a state highway commission in Michigan.

A. L Westgard: Made the first transcontinental trip in a gasoline engine truck.

Earl Shelton: Child of the Dust Bowl

Mildred Pattschull and an All-Girls Cross-Country Trip

The Grapes of Wrath: Profile of Shirley Mills Hanson who played Ruthie Joad in the film.

The Haggard Family: The story of Merle's parents' migration to Bakersfield CA.

Frank Yellowhorse and the Yellowhorse Trading Post

John Lewis and the Wigwam Motel

The story of the Blue Whale

Anbgel Delgadillo and the Resurrection of Route 66

You are not going to want to rush through this book. People who experience the Mother Road should do so at their leisure. This book is an adventure. What are you waiting for? Get started!!