Research Catalog
Route 66 road trip
- Title
- Route 66 road trip / Candacy Taylor.
- Author
- Taylor, Candacy A.
- Publication
- Berkeley, CA : Avalon Travel, [2016]
- ©2016
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Details
- Description
- 349 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 20 cm.
- Summary
- "Drive into the Heart of America. From pristine prairies and red rock mountains to the glittering Pacific, this fabled highway has beckoned everyone from Dust Bowl escapees to 1950s vacationers. Route 66 is lined with the history of those seeking a better life, whose stamina, perseverance, and imagination made it an American icon. Their stories are threaded throughout this book, amid the colorful characters and cultural curiosities that embody the Mother Road today. This book gives you everything you need to get your kicks on Route 66: Follow turn by turn directions to connect with the historic highway-- and learn where to get off the route for worthwhile excursions ; Experience roadside attractions, outsider art, and kitsch masterpieces ; Wander transcendent landscapes like Acoma Pueblo, the Grand Canyon, and Joshua Tree ; Meet the trailblazing women who defined Route 66 for generations to come ; Discover the untold stories of the Green Book, which enabled African Americans to travel west safely"--Amazon.com.
- Series Statement
- Moon
- Alternative Title
- Moon. Route 66 road trip
- Route Sixty-six road trip
- Subject
- Automobile travel > West (U.S.) > Guidebooks
- Automobile travel > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century
- African Americans > Social conditions > History. > 20th century
- Segregation in transportation > United States > 20th century > History
- Automobile travel
- Travel
- United States Highway 66 > Guidebooks
- United States > Description and travel
- West (U.S.) > Tours
- West (U.S.) > History, Local
- United States
- United States > United States Highway 66
- West United States
- Genre/Form
- Tours.
- Local history.
- Guidebooks.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-338) and index.
- Contents
- Discover Route 66 -- Illinois -- Missouri and Kansas -- Oklahoma -- Texas -- New Mexico -- Arizona -- California -- Essentials.
- Call Number
- Sc D 22-48
- ISBN
- 9781631210716
- 1631210718
- OCLC
- 903763648
- Author
- Taylor, Candacy A., author.
- Title
- Route 66 road trip / Candacy Taylor.
- Publisher
- Berkeley, CA : Avalon Travel, [2016]
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Moon
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-338) and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 22-48