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Greetings from Route 66 (HB)

Greetings from Route 66 (HB)

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    Product code: GM8858Released: 15 September 2010208 pages

    Product description

    • Articles by Route 66 travellers, music, movies, celebrities, culture, Bonnie and Clyde
    • 1,000 images and maps of the highway, plus histories from café owners, Wigwam Motel owner, now and them photos, postcards, key chains, menu cards, mermaid cavern advertisements, dinosaur cavern brochures, roto maps, recipes from sites on the way, and much more

    John Seinbeck famouslt christened Route 66 America’s ‘Mother Road’, and the chapter about Tom Joad’s exodus in The Grapes of Wrath is just one of the classic pieces collected in this, the ultimate memorabilia anthology of one of the most famous routes in the world. Here is history as the reader moves along the road, roadside attractions – some decayed and rotting, other renovated and booming with the new tourist influx – pop culture, ghost stories, vintage Airstream vehicles, orange juice stands, the first burger joints, postcards with notes to family and friends, recipes from greasy spoons on the way, travel decals, collectibles – the largest collection of memorabilia ever amassed for this legendary road, making this book truly a worthy tribute to the Main Street of America.

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