ROUTE 66 The Mother Road Book 1st Ed Michael Wallis

FIRST EDITION Glorious color and b&w illustrations, interviews and celebration of art 66 and The definitive book on the most famous road in American history—now published in paperback to celebrate the highway's anniversary began in the early 1920s with a vision of a to Los Angeles and the West. By the time of Its completion, the road would cover over 2,400 miles, three time zones, and eight states. It would link the windy shores of Lake Michigan with the waters of the Pacific Ocean—a two-lane road rolling through the great American Southwest, tying together the vestiges of America's pioneer passages into one meandering and magnificent highway. Route 66. It was the road of dreamers and ramblers, drifters and writers: the road of John Steinbeck, Woody Guthrie, and Jack Kerouac. A ribbon of American highway that transported the Okies, driven from their land as storms of dust swept across their farms, to the promise of Cali-fornia. It was also the highway of commerce-of automated ice-cream stands and old "no-tell" motels, salty truck stops, and a neon allure. Please look At all photos as there are some pen marks ( I’m original owner and used this as a starting point for my own road trips along Rt 66 and for research on a book project I completed in 1999! Non smoking pet free home