December New Release - Route 66 Encyclopedia

Title: Route 66 Encyclopedia

   

Author/s: Jim Hinckley

RRP: $59.99

ISBN: 9780760340417

Format:  Hardback, 288 pages

Dimensions: 283mm x 222mm

Publisher: Voyageur Press

Aust. Release Date: December 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

An encyclopedia with a twist, The Route 66 Encyclopedia presents alphabetical entries on Route 66 history, landmarks, personalities and culture from Bobby Troup’s anthem “Route 66” to The Grapes of Wrath to the Wigwam Motel, illustrated with over 1,000 photos and memorabilia. An atlas with 25 historical and current maps will guide your journey from the Abbylee Motel to Zuzax, New Mexico, from Barney’s Beanery to the Chain of Rocks Bridge. The Route 66 Encyclopedia covers the history of the road and the people who played a role in its transformation from highway to icon, but like the highway itself, this work does not fit within the traditional confines of generalities or terminology. Yes, this is an encyclopedia – a reference book for all things Route 66 – but it is also a time capsule, a travel guide, a memorial and a chronicle of almost a century of societal evolution.