Route 101, the Pacific Coast Highway, commissioned in 1926, follows the path taken by the first Spanish explores of the West Coast, and incorporates El Camino Real, the historic thoroughfare built to link California's twenty-one missions. In some areas, reconstruction and freeway development have diverted the modern 101 from its old alignment; but this book traces the original road, providing detailed directions and mileage for drivers.The layout will be similar to the one used in Nick Freeth's Route 66: Main Street USA. A prologue, outlining the Pacific Coast Highway's pre-twentieth century history, is followed by chapters giving a comprehensive guide to each section of the toad (traveling north-south). These examine 101's natural beauty that has made it what it is. Every chapter includes features focusing on places of special interest; and there will also be Voice of the Road spreads profiling the highway's key personalities, as well as numerous quotations from authors, poets and songwriters who have been inspired by it. Specially created maps will parallel the text, and the book concludes with an extensive resources section, giving contact addresses and website details for road-related organizations and en route attractions.
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Most drivers planning their trip down the Pacific Coast are likely to begin their preparations by consulting a road atlas-and may be somewhat confused by what they see there. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Most drivers planning their trip down the Pacific Coast are likely to begin their preparations by consulting a road atlas-and may be somewhat confused by what they see there. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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San Diego, Long Beach, Santa Cruz, San Simeon, San Clemente, Santa Monica, Fort Bragg, Ragged Point, San Pedro, Venice Beach, Big Sur, Hearst Castle, Huntington Beach, Half Moon Bay, Marina del Rey, Pacific Grove, Santa Barbara, South Laguna, Manhattan Beach, Moss Beach, Old Town, Shore Acres, Grays Harbor, Ocean Avenue, Pismo Beach New!
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- Cannery Row by John Steinbeck on 6 pages
- Morro Bay (CA) (Images of America) by Roger Castle on 4 pages
- Across the Plains: With Other Memories and Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson on page 85, page 110, and Back Matter
- Blessings in Disguise by Alec Guinness on page 126, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch by Henry Miller on page 120, and Back Matter
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