Route 66 Still Kicks - Centennial Edition: Driving America's Main Street - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Rick AntonsonTheme:Chronological Period/20th Century, Cultural Region/South, Cultural Region/Western U.S.Publish date:7/14/2026Pages:384
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Skyhorse PublishingISBN-13:9781510785199ISBN-10:1510785191UPC:9781510785199Book Category:TravelBook Subcategory:Essays & Travelogues, United StatesBook Topic:South, WestSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.477Product ID:SCC878EYJR
"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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Skyhorse PublishingISBN-13:9781510785199ISBN-10:1510785191UPC:9781510785199Book Category:TravelBook Subcategory:Essays & Travelogues, United StatesBook Topic:South, WestSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.477Product ID:SCC878EYJR
Acclaimed travel writer Rick Antonson is the author of ten books, including Full Moon Over Noah's Ark: An Odyssey to Mount Ararat and Beyond, Train Beyond the Mountains: Journeys on the Rocky Mountaineer, and co-author of Slumach's Gold: In Search of a Legend--and a Curse. He is the former chair of the board for the Destination International, based in Washington, DC, and was deputy chair for the Pacific Asia Travel Association, based in Bangkok, Thailand. He served as president of Pacific Coast Public Television, affiliated with PBS, Seattle. Rick and his wife Janice make their home at Predator Ridge in the Okanagan Valley surrounded by 250 wineries. www.rickantonson.com
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