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Route 66 still kicks : driving America's main street

2012

Format:	Book
Author:	Antonson, Rick, 1949- author.
Title:	Route 66 still kicks : driving America's main street / Rick Antonson ; foreword by Peter Greenberg.
Publisher, Date:	New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2012]
Description:	359 pages : illustrations, maps, music ; 23 cm
Summary:	The original U.S. Route 66 was 2,448 miles long, and 90 percent of it can still be driven today. Antonson set out to follow that original route, tracing its rich history and discovering the vitality and American character sill beating through our heartland.
Subjects:	Antonson, Rick, 1949- Travel. Historic sites -- United States. United States Highway 66 -- Description and travel. West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. West (U.S.) -- Tours. West (U.S.) -- History, Local. United States -- Description and travel.
Notes:	Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-337) and index.
Contents:	Introduction: The most famous highway in the world -- The road of dreams -- America's longest monument -- The way West -- The National Old Trails Road -- The Will Rogers Highway -- The Mother Road -- The Dust Bowl Highway -- The Great Diagonal Highway -- The long concrete path -- The road of flight -- The backbone of America -- America's Main Street -- Epilogue: A 2,400-mile declaration of independence -- Afterword.
LCCN:	2012035225
ISBN:	9781620873007 (paperback) 1620873001 (paperback)
Other Number:	783159521
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Control Number:	449269
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Call Number:	978 Antonson

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