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Route 66 in Texas
- Title
- Route 66 in Texas / Joe Sonderman.
- Author
- Sonderman, Joe.
- Publication
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2013]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | F386 .S646 2013 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 127 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
- Summary
- Route 66 stretches across 178 miles and through seven counties in the Texas Panhandle. To a traveler on Interstate 40, the road may seem like an endless expanse, with the horizon interrupted only by the occasional grain elevator. But there is history, scenery, and adventure waiting on Route 66, which follows the trail of the Native Americans, conquistadors, cattle and oil barons, cowboys, and Dust Bowl refugees. With such sites as the blazing neon sign at Shamrock's U-Drop Inn and the quiet ruins of Glenrio, Route 66 in Texas is still ""The Main Street of America."" The traveler who leaves the franchised blandness of the interstate will see motels with Western and Native American imagery, good old-fashioned tourist traps, some bizarre sculptures (such as cars stuck in the ground at Cadillac Ranch), and beautiful Art Deco structures. These images and stories tell of mom-and-pop establishments that still thrive today and those that are crumbling in the swirling dust and tumbleweeds of the notorious Jericho Gap.
- Series Statement
- Images of America
- Uniform Title
- Images of America
- Alternative Title
- Route sixty-six in Texas
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- illustrated books.
- Illustrated works.
- History.
- Local history.
- Pictorial works.
- Ouvrages illustrés.
- Contents
- Wheeler County -- Gray County -- Donley and Carson Counties -- Amarillo area -- Downtown and West Amarillo -- Oldham and Deaf Smith Counties.
- ISBN
- 9781467130042
- 1467130044
- LCCN
- 2013938345
- OCLC
- ocn826896488
- 826896488
- SCSB-9183007
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library