Route 66 Still Kicks
Driving America's Main Street
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2012
Dundurn Group Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4597-0436-7 (ISBN)
Dundurn Group Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4597-0436-7 (ISBN)
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The author and his travel nemesis, patiently journey 2,400 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles through eight states seeking - and finding - all the old parts that remain of Route 66. This title tells stories about Route 66-related personalities.
Route 66 Still Kicks is an exhilarating, heartbreaking drive down a forgotten road through unknown America. Author Rick Antonson and his travel nemesis, the inscrutable Peter, patiently journey 2,400 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles through eight states seeking - and finding - all the old parts that remain of Route 66.
This travelogue blends surprising vignettes with obscure stories about Route 66-related personalities, among them Al Capone, the Harvey Girls, Salvador Dali, Mickey Mantle, 1930s photojournalist Dorothea Lange, Cyrus Avery (the Father of Route 66), and songster Bobby Troup "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66."
Antonson's fresh perspective on the route's harsh history, its ebb and flow of popularity and viability along with America's economic and social upheavals underpaints a canvas of stories about the road's rise to fame, its segmenting by superhighways, and its fall from grace with the gazetteers - and Route 66's entrenchment in legend.
Route 66 Still Kicks is an exhilarating, heartbreaking drive down a forgotten road through unknown America. Author Rick Antonson and his travel nemesis, the inscrutable Peter, patiently journey 2,400 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles through eight states seeking - and finding - all the old parts that remain of Route 66.
This travelogue blends surprising vignettes with obscure stories about Route 66-related personalities, among them Al Capone, the Harvey Girls, Salvador Dali, Mickey Mantle, 1930s photojournalist Dorothea Lange, Cyrus Avery (the Father of Route 66), and songster Bobby Troup "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66."
Antonson's fresh perspective on the route's harsh history, its ebb and flow of popularity and viability along with America's economic and social upheavals underpaints a canvas of stories about the road's rise to fame, its segmenting by superhighways, and its fall from grace with the gazetteers - and Route 66's entrenchment in legend.
Rick Antonson is the president and CEO of Tourism Vancouver and a former ambassador for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. He is the co-author of "Slumach's Gold" and the author of "To Timbuktu for a Haircut." Antonson lives in Vancouver.
| Zusatzinfo | 23:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 455 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika |
| Reisen ► Reiseführer | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4597-0436-3 / 1459704363 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4597-0436-7 / 9781459704367 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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