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Route 66 In Chicago (IL) (Images of America)

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This wonderful little book is part of the Images of America series, and focuses on Route 66 - The Mother Road. It is chock full of images of the road, of the buildings and sites that it traveled past in Chicago, and of the restaurants and motels that lined it.

This is a neat little book! The pictures are all crystal clear, and have well-written captions. If you are interested in Route 66 and/or the Chicago of yesteryear, then you would be well-advised to give this book a look. I found it to be an excellent resource, and think that you will too. Get this book!

In typical Chicago fashion there is barely anything left pertaining to this bit of road history - I used to live in Chicago and did take the Rt. 66 drive a few years ago - I wish I would of had this book then because other than re-posting a few historic Rt. 66 signs here and there in the Chicago area you would never know it existed. Chicago has that knack for demolishing everything in favor of something newer. This book shows the beautiful architecture of the buildings that existed during the routes' haydays and gives a great history of how it all unfolded along with the history of Chicago during those days.