Research Catalog
Route 66 in California /
- Title
- Route 66 in California / Glen Duncan and the California Route 66 Preservation Foundation.
- Author
- Duncan, Glen.
- Publication
- Charleston SC : Arcadia Pub., ©2005.
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- Additional Authors
- California Route 66 Preservation Foundation.
- Description
- 128 pages : chiefly illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The "Mother Road" hauled it all, traversing the American West from Chicago to Santa Monica Beach, the last 350 miles through Southern California. For settlers, Depression-era "Okies" and "Arkies," and post-World War II families bound for suburbia, Route 66 was a migration funnel for generations. Wending through the mountains and badlands of San Bernardino County into Los Angeles County, Route 66 became a state of mind and a catchphrase for travelers everywhere, especially after singer Bobby Troupe popularized the hit song "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" and actors Martin Milner and George Maharis hit the road with the ragtop down and the shades on in the namesake television series that seemed to go anywhere every week. The shield of the Route 66 sign has become iconography for the growth of Southern California's economy, population, popularity, and folklore.--From publisher description.
- Series Statement
- Images of America
- Uniform Title
- Images of America.
- Subjects
- Automobile travel
- California, Southern
- Historic buildings
- Pictorial works
- History
- California, Southern > History, Local > Pictorial works
- Automobile travel > California, Southern > History > Pictorial works
- 1900-1999
- Local history
- Manners and customs
- United States Highway 66 > History > Pictorial works
- United States > United States Highway 66
- California, Southern > Social life and customs > 20th century > Pictorial works
- Historic buildings > California, Southern > Pictorial works
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Local history.
- Pictorial works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 128).
- Contents
- 1 Route 66 Prehistory 11 -- 2 Mojave Desert: Colorado River to Barstow 15 -- 3 High Desert Communities through the Mountains 31 -- 4 Foothill Communities 45 -- 5 Arroyo Seco Communities 69 -- 6 Los Angeles Metropolis 91 -- 7 The Hollywood Experience 105 -- 8 Beverly Hills to the Ocean 115.
- ISBN
- 0738530379
- 9780738530376
- LCCN
- 2005929103
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library