Route 66 Adventure Handbook 6th Edition

Author : Drew Knowles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1595801219

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Route 66 Adventure Handbook, 6th Edition by Drew Knowles Pdf

Route 66 Adventure Handbook is your personal guide to the vanishing American roadside, with all of its exuberance, splendor, and absurdity. For this updated and expanded sixth edition, Drew Knowles has included it all: magnificent architecture, natural wonders, Art Deco masterpieces, vintage motels and cafes, unique museums, offbeat attractions, fascinating artifacts and icons, and kitschy tourist traps. The addition of more city maps, showing the multiple paths of Route 66 and displaying the exact locations of points of interest, is a major improvement over the already critically acclaimed fifth edition of the book. The sixth edition also includes hundreds of beautiful new photographs and the addition of dozens of new attractions. Knowles has also added QR codes for certain locations that will enable the reader to access additional online material, such as more photos, video clips, and scans of vintage memorabilia. Additionally, GPS coordinates have been included for virtually all of the photos, so that travelers can plug the information into their smartphones and other navigation devices and instantly determine where each photo was taken and compare it to the condition of that particular site at the time of their visit. Filled with wonderfully quirky side trips and fun bits of trivia, Route 66 Adventure Handbook is the most authoritative resource for anyone looking to explore the Mother Road. Fasten your seat belts!

Author : Drew Knowles
Publisher : Santa Monica Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781595807717

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Route 66 Adventure Handbook by Drew Knowles Pdf

Route 66 Adventure Handbook is your personal guide to the vanishing American roadside, with all of its exuberance, splendor, and absurdity. For this updated and expanded sixth edition, Drew Knowles has included it all: magnificent architecture, natural wonders, Art Deco masterpieces, vintage motels and cafes, unique museums, offbeat attractions, fascinating artifacts and icons, and kitschy tourist traps. The addition of more city maps, showing the multiple paths of Route 66 and displaying the exact locations of points of interest, is a major improvement over the already critically acclaimed fifth edition of the book. The sixth edition also includes hundreds of beautiful new photographs—including a 24-page center insert with stunning color photos and the addition of dozens of new attractions. Knowles has also added QR codes for certain locations that will enable the reader to access additional online material, such as more photos, video clips, and scans of vintage memorabilia. Additionally, GPS coordinates have been included for virtually all of the photos, so that travelers can plug the information into their smartphones and other navigation devices and instantly determine where each photo was taken and compare it to the condition of that particular site at the time of their visit. Filled with wonderfully quirky side trips and fun bits of trivia, Route 66 Adventure Handbook is the most authoritative resource for anyone looking to explore the Mother Road. Fasten your seat belts!

Author : Drew Knowles
Publisher : Santa Monica Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781595809254

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Route 66 Adventure Handbook by Drew Knowles Pdf

Route 66 Adventure Handbook is your personal guide to the vanishing American roadside, with all of its exuberance, splendor, and absurdity. For this updated and expanded fourth edition, Drew Knowles has included it all: magnificent architecture, natural wonders, Art Deco masterpieces, vintage motels and cafes, unique museums, offbeat attractions, fascinating artifacts and icons, and kitschy tourist traps. The addition of city maps, showing the multiple paths of Route 66 and displaying the exact locations of points of interest, is a major improvement over the already critically acclaimed third edition of the book. The fourth edition also includes hundreds of beautiful new photographs and the addition of dozens of new attractions. Filled with wonderfully quirky side trips and fun bits of trivia, Route 66 Adventure Handbook is the most authoritative resource for anyone looking to explore the Mother Road. Fasten your seatbelts!

Author : Nick Freeth
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0806133260

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Traveling Route 66 by Nick Freeth Pdf

An entertaining travelogue follows the legendary highway over more than two thousand miles of road leading from Chicago to Los Angeles, describes the many landmarks along the way, and discusses the significance of Route 66 in terms of American history and culture. Original.

Author : Drew Knowles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : United States Highway 66
ISBN : 0971862427

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Route 66 Adventure Handbook by Drew Knowles Pdf

The world's most amazing guide to Route 66 just got even better. This expanded second edition has:More photographsEvery Rt 66 community now indexed for easy locatingOrientation maps for all eight statesFreshly updated information throughoutNow includes the revealing "Book of Revolutions"!And STILL with the same great features that thousands of Mother Road explorers continue to swear by:How to Find Route 66 - a step by step guide to the techniques that help identify authentic highway stretches, whether marked or notTown by town descriptions of unique features, must-see attractions, and local historyFurther Afield - our famous suggestions for short side trips that enrich your Route 66 experience even moreBonus: Information on the many other colorful byways that Route 66 encounters along the way -- including the National Road, the Chisholm Trail, and many more -- that are sure to inspire even further expoloration

Author : Rick Antonson
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781620875551

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Route 66 Still Kicks by Rick Antonson Pdf

“You’ll never understand America until you’ve driven Route 66—that’s old Route 66—all the way,” a truck driver in California once said to author Rick Antonson. “It’s the most famous highway in the world.” With some determination, grit, and a good sense of direction, one can still find and drive on 90 percent of the original Route 66 today. This travelogue follows Rick and his travel companion Peter along 2,400 miles through eight states from Chicago to Los Angeles as they discover the old Route 66. With surprising and obscure stories about Route 66 personalities like Woody Guthrie, John Steinbeck, Al Capone, Salvador Dali, Dorothea Lange, Cyrus Avery (the Father of Route 66), the Harvey Girls, Mickey Mantle, and Bobby Troup (songwriter of “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66”), Antonson’s fresh perspective reads like an easy drive down a forgotten road: winding, stopping now and then to mingle with the locals and reminisce about times gone by, and then getting stuck in the mud, sucked into its charms. Rick mixes hilarious anecdotes of happenstance travel with the route’s difficult history, its rise and fall in popularity, and above all, its place in legend. The author has committed part of his book’s proceeds to the preservation work of the National Route 66 Federation.

Author : Drew Knowles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Travel
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133023163

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Route 66 Quick Reference Encyclopedia by Drew Knowles Pdf

The author of the best-selling and critically acclaimedRoute 66 Adventure Handbook returns withRoute 66 Quick Reference Encyclopedia. In one handy volume, novices and seasoned roadies alike have fast and easy access to all of the essential information about America's most famous, beloved, and culturally significant highway. Presenting a list of important terms accompanied by descriptive articles and illustrations, the guide details the route's history--including the origins of the term "Mother Road" and the slogan "Get Your Kicks on Route 66"--as well as its commemorative festivals, quirkiest attractions, and useful highway terms. Fascinating trivia will allow road warriors to impress friends and fellow travelers with their knowledge of the route, while a supplemental list directs dedicated fans to more detailed information on one of the most historic and treasured drives in America. Finally, a set of maps provides both general orientation and points out significant attractions through the use of custom icons.Route 66 Quick Reference Encyclopedia is truly an A-to-Z guide to the absolute best of the Mother Road!

Author : Drew Knowles,ExitHere.net
Publisher : Exithere.Net
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002-02-01
Category : Automobile travel
ISBN : 0971862419

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Route 66 Adventure Handbook by Drew Knowles,ExitHere.net Pdf

Author : Tom Snyder
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000-03-17
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0312254172

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Route 66 by Tom Snyder Pdf

Fully revised and expanded New stories-more details -Nearly 30 feet of strip maps -350 towns and attractions -More highway memorabilia -Mini-tours-rentals-discounts -Chicago-L.A. mileage table

Author : Jim Hinckley
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781627881333

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Travel Route 66 by Jim Hinckley Pdf

Take the ultimate road trip along America’s longest attraction and discover the cities, restaurants, roadside attractions, and more—from Illinois to California. Long one of America’s most cherished byways, Route 66 remains a popular tourist attraction and travel route for thousands of travelers every year. While stretches of the once-glorious road have been paved over or bypassed by the interstates, the journey from Chicago to Santa Monica along the path of the “double six” remains chock-full of unique roadside attractions, spectacular natural landscapes, and fascinating historical landmarks. Communities throughout each of the eight states touched by the “Main Street of America” —Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California—have embraced this vital piece of American history and offer a vast array of opportunities to experience the grandeur as well as the lost innocence of the glory days of Route 66. In Travel Route 66, Route 66 expert and enthusiast Jim Hinckley provides detailed descriptions and itineraries that allow travelers of all ages and inclinations to explore the myriad wonders to be found along the highway’s 2,500 miles. In addition to specific recommendations for places to visit, eat, and spend the night, Hinckley presents history for the highway and its attractions and suggests detours and daytrips off the beaten path, all while providing a vivid picture of the road that has long captured the imaginations of travelers from throughout the world. Illustrated with a wealth of color photos and vintage memorabilia, Travel Route 66 is a practical and entertaining guide to the America’s Mother Road.

Author : Jim Hinckley
Publisher : Voyageur Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780760369692

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Ghost Towns of Route 66 by Jim Hinckley Pdf

Join Route 66 expert Jim Hinckley as he tours more than 60 ghost towns along the Mother Road, rich in stories and history! The quintessential boom-and-bust highway of the American West, Route 66 once hosted a thriving array of boomtowns built around oil mines, railroad stops, cattle ranches, resorts, stagecoach stops, and gold mines. Illustrated with gorgeous sepia-tone and color photography by Kerrick James, this book tours dozens of ghost towns in: Illinois (Braidwood, Braceville, Gardner, Dwight, Bloomington, Funks Grove, Springfield) Missouri (Rolla, Dootlittle, Springfield, Halltown, Paris Springs Junction, Avilla, Carthage, Joplin) Kansas (Galena, Riverton, Baxter Springs) Oklahoma (Narcissa, Afton, Tulsa, Warwick, Bridgeport, Foss, Elk City, Erick, Texola) Texas (Shamrock, McLean, Alanreed, Jericho, Amarillo, Glenrio) New Mexico (San Jon, Tucumari, Montoya, Newkirk, Cuervo, Dilia, Tecolote, Santa Fe, Thoreau, Gallup) Arizona (Lupton, Chambers, Two Guns, Flagstaff, Truxton, Hackberry, Kingman, Goldroad, Oatman) California (Needles, Goffs, Essex, Cadiz, Chambless, Amboy, Ludlow, Newberry Springs, Daggett, Barstow) This edition also includes directions and travel tips for your ghost-town explorations along Route 66, as well as a fold-out map of the Mother Road. Explore the beauty and nostalgia of these abandoned communities along America's favorite highway!

Author : Jim Hinckley
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780760371992

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Here We Are . . . on Route 66 by Jim Hinckley Pdf

Here We Are . . . on Route 66 explores America’s fabled “Mother Road,” following Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica and offering an expert look back at vanished attractions—and sites still drawing thousands each year.

Author : Jim Ross,Shellee Graham
Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781681061078

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Secret Route 66: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by Jim Ross,Shellee Graham Pdf

Take a tour of Route 66 unlike any other, discovering the secrets, memorable characters, and little known stories behind many of the route’s enduring icons. Find the answer to the question, “Who was Ella Jones?” and pay a visit to a secluded cemetery that few road warriors even know exists. Learn why Hooker, Missouri, disappeared, and who murdered Billie Grayson in Chandler, Oklahoma. Did you know that a strongbox full of gold still lies buried near the Colorado River, or that tragedy hounds a tiny place in Arizona named after a cartoon? Is it true that ghosts and monsters lurk along the highway’s reaches? Do you know what a Walldog is, or whether nuclear weapons were once used to blast a path for the route? Get the answers in Secret Route 66: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. Two of the historic highway’s most recognized authorities, Jim Ross and Shellee Graham, chronicle these and dozens of other tales as they peel away the layers of history to expose the weird, wonderful, and obscure of America’s Mother Road.

Author : Emily Kathleen Priddy
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1530436931

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Route 66 for Kids by Emily Kathleen Priddy Pdf

From cowboys to Indians, dinosaurs to astronauts, corn dogs to ice-cream sundaes, Route 66 is a virtual playground of kid-friendly businesses, museums and roadside attractions stretching 2,448 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles. Route 66 for Kids offers an overview of these attractions, complete with addresses, phone numbers, hours, admission prices and other information to help families plan an unforgettable journey down the Mother Road. Join Route 66 expert Emily Priddy -- author of the novel Greetings from Coldwater -- as she shows you where to catch a drive-in movie, pet a wild burro or sleep in a wigwam on America's most storied highway.

Author : Jim Hinckley
Publisher : Voyageur Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781610586887

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The Route 66 Encyclopedia by Jim Hinckley Pdf

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 old and new, color and black-and-white photos and memorabilia. You'll learn about Jack Rittenhouse and Will Rogers as well as the contributions of lesser-known figures like Arthur Nelson and Angel Delgadillo. With references to the old (including the history of the U Drop Inn Café in Texas) and new (including a section about the recent Cars movie), The Route 66 Encyclopedia provides a sweeping look at a highway that has become more than just a road. These pages cover the history of Route 66 and the people who played a role in its transformation from highway to icon between 1926 and the present, 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. However, it is also a time capsule, a travel guide, a history book, a memorial, a testimonial, and a chronicle of almost a century of societal evolution.