Route 66
Subtitle: traveler's guide and roadside companion
By: Tom Snyder
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780312644253
Subjects: Guidebooks
Description: Right down America's Main Street it rolled, pausing at each town along the way, then moving on, carrying travelers in search of adventure, romance, or that rare chance for a new beginning. Route 66 knew many names: the Mother Road, Will Rogers Highway, the Neon Road. And it lived up to each. Travelers met the land, found new friends--and often themselves. Now, more than a quarter-century since being officially abandoned, the old road still keeps its promise. Today, all along the highway's 2,448-mile length from Chicago to L.A., signs carrying its magic double sixes once again give direction to the journey. Yes, they assure you, this is still Route 66... More than twenty years after the original publication of Route 66, this completely updated and expanded guide will make the trip along the Mother Road easier and even more exciting. Responding to requests from readers and travelers, Tom Snyder offers up-to-date routings, elegant and easy-to-read new maps, and revised information on roadside attractions. Filled with love, high jinks, and mystery, the stories Snyder narrates truly capture the flavor of the Main Street of America. Cattle rustlers, gangsters, hitchhikers, and ghosts all make appearances in these nostalgic glimpses of history-in-the-making along America's most famous highway.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Welcome to the old road; title: Using these updated maps; title: Planning your Route 66 tour; title: Route 66 travelers guide / Illinois; title: Missouri; title: Kansas; title: Oklahoma; title: Texas; title: New Mexico; title: Arizona; title: California; title: Roadside companion / Illinois; title: Missouri; title: Kansas; title: Oklahoma; title: Texas; title: New Mexico; title: Arizona; title: California; title: Postscript; title: Route 66 mileage table.