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Cobb, James H.,
WEST ON 66.
. NEW copy, PAPERBACK.
(St Martin's Press).
264 pages.
~~~ Vacationing cop Kevin Pulaski guns his '57 Chevy across country, following the
fabled Route 66 from Chicago to California, in the tail end of a hot summer in
1958. Occupying the passenger seat is the sultry Lisette Kingman, daughter of
Johnny 32, a murdered mobster who stole and ran from his partners. Now Lisette
is on the trail of the missing money, some 200 large. She's being helped by
Pulaski and tailed by Mace Spano, one of her father's partners.
$12.95
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Freeth, Nick,
ROUTE 66.
. NEW copy, hardcover.
(Motorbooks International).
192 pages.
~~~ Recent photography and entertaining text highlight
the road's many colorful
landmarks, people, and places.
$29.95
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Garlock, Dorothy,
MOTHER ROAD.
. NEW copy, hardcover.
(Warner Books).
385 pages.
~~~ Stretching from Chicago to Los Angeles,
U.S. Route 66 was the road to adventure
for treasure-seekers, displaced farmers, and Hollywood
hopefuls during the Great Depression. Now bestselling
author Dorothy Garlock captures the romance of that
fabled highway in an exciting new novel.
$22.95
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Kettel, Gerd, et al.,
ROUTE 66.
. VG. PAPERBACK
(Thames & Hudson, 2002). 83 color photographs.
174 pages.
~~~ The road that became known as Route 66 holds a unique place in American popular
culture. Unlike any other road in world history, this modest two-lane highway
has taken on cult status, bound up with American nostalgia for a past in which
life was far less complex and mechanized than it has become at the turn of the
twenty-first century. Inaugurated by a group of businessmen in the 1920s, at a
time when the automobile was rapidly becoming the main preference for family
vacation travel, Route 66's lifespan was short—less than fifty years—but its
mythology lives on. Before the advent of interstate superhighways, Route 66 was
the main road to the American West, where, it was believed, opportunity and
success were waiting. While Alexander Bloom and Freddy Langer relate the curious
history of Route 66 in detail, it is Gerd Kittel's extraordinary photographs
that tell the story of the road as it is now. Wistful, brutal, and beautiful at
the same time, they show what has become of a once powerful symbol of American
hopes and pleasures: the wrecks of abandoned automobiles, the deserted diners
and souvenir shops, the battered remnants of silos and warehouses, derelict
towns, surviving personalities and buildings, as well as some of the views the
road offers as it passes through eight states between Chicago and the Pacific
Ocean. Anyone who has ever been aware of Route 66—if only from the hit song by
Bobby Troup or the television series of the 1960s—will find much to treasure in
Gerd Kittel's moving photographs.
$22.95
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Mahar, Lisa,
AMERICAN SIGNS: Form and Meaning on Route 66.
. NEW copy, oversize PAPERBACK.
(Monacelli Press).
272 pages.
~~~ The roadside sign has become an American
icon: a glowing neon symbol of the golden age of the
open road. Yet signs are complex pieces of design,
serving not only as physical markers but also as
cultural, political, and economic ones. In
American Signs, Lisa Mahar traces the evolution
of motel signs on Route 66 in a distinctive visual
approach that combines text, images, and graphics.
$40.00
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Olsen, Russell A.,
ROUTE 66 LOST & FOUND: Ruins and Relics Revisited.
. NEW copy, hardcover.
10 color and 150 b&w illustrations.
(Motorbooks).
160 pages.
~~~ For several decades, Route 66 was the nations main east-west thoroughfare,
pointing Middle America toward all the promise California
seemed to hold at
various times, whether permanent refuge from the Dust Bowl or a temporary escape
from the drudgery of everyday suburban life in prosperous postwar America. As
such, Americas Main Street once teemed with activity . . . bustling centers of
commerce that evaporated into the vast American landscape like the jet contrails
overhead and the heat rising from the Interstate asphalt. This engaging look at
the "Mother Road" takes 75 locations along its 2,297 mile route from Chicago to
Santa Monica and shows them first during their halcyon heydays through
black-and-white photographs and period postcards, then on the facing page as
they appear today, from the exact same angle and also through vivid
black-and-white photographs.
$26.95
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Peterson, Jean White and Kimberly Bulken Root,
DON'T FORGET WINONA.
. NEW copy, hardcover.
(Joanna Cotler Books).
32 pages.
~~~ Peterson's beautiful text and Root's emotionally resonant artwork take readers
back in time to the late 1930s in this story of one family traveling along Route
66 on their way to California in hopes escaping the Dust Bowl and starting a
better life. (Ages 4 - 8).
$14.99
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Robinson, Jon,
ROUTE 66: Lives on the Road.
. NEW copy, hardcover.
200 color illustrations.
(Motorbooks).
128 pages.
~~~ From the rise of the automobile in the United States until the 1960s, Route 66
was the byway of choice for cross-country travel. Connecting Chicago and Los
Angeles, the "Mother Road" was not only filled with vacationers and travelers,
it was also lined with businesses that offered these pioneering motorists a
variety of services. This nostalgic, illustrated guide presents the stories of
people who lived along Route 66, traveled it, and made their living there over
the course of five decades. Along with stories of Route 66 travels, the book
examines the entire range of Route 66 vocations: gas, food, and lodging;
museums; souvenir shops; law enforcement; wrecker operators; and more. Fans of
this American icon will enjoy the tales of the folks who made the road a legend,
as well as the hundreds of period and modern color photographs which illustrate
their stories.
$24.95
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Steil, Tim,
ROUTE 66.
. NEW copy, oversize
PAPERBACK. 10 b&w and 80 color photographs.
(Motorbooks).
96 pages.
~~~ More than three decades after Route 66 went by the wayside, so to speak, it
remains a nostalgic signifier of a 50-year period when cross-country travel was
synonomous with meeting interesting characters, absorbing marvelous new sights,
and stopping to check the oil along the way. In this colorful biopic of the
"Mother Road," author Tim Steil retraces the wandering path of Route 66 from
Chicago to Santa Monica, returning home with a scrapbook of new color
photography and evocative period imagery profiling businesses and attractions
that continue to operate alongside Route 66 despite the demise of the legendary
two-lane. The result is a unique look at motels, service stations, restaurants,
truck stops, and museums, and the colorful folks who continue to whittle out a
livelihood along Route 66 despite the death of the road trip as spelled out by
the vapor trails overhead.
$14.95
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Wallis, Michael,
ROUTE 66: The Mother Road.
. NEW copy, Oversize PAPERBACK.
(St Martin's Press).
243 pages.
~~~ Here is the definitive story of the most famous road in American history. Wallis
has woven a tapestry that chronicles the road from its founding to its demise
eight decades later and its current revival.
$19.95
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Witzel, Michael Karl,
ROUTE 66 REMEMBERED.
. NEW copy, Oversize PAPERBACK.
(Motorbooks). 75 b&w and 125 color photographs.
192 pages.
~~~ This incredible collection of historical photographs captures the reverence of
all the attractions and towns of the Mother Road, Route 66. Noted author Michael
Witzel spent years traveling Route 66 collecting mementos of life and folklore
that make up the most famous road in America. His unmatched photography takes
readers back to the attractions and towns as they were and offers a captivating
view of them today.
$19.95
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Rowsome, Frank,
THE VERSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
. NEW copy, PAPERBACK.
(Plume Books).
121 pages.
~~~ Many people will remember taking a drive years ago and
seeing advertising on a series of billboards. This book tells the
story of the Burma-Shave signs and jingles.
$12.00
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Sloan, Susan and Chris Stirling,
THE MAIN STREETS & BACK ROADS OF NEW ENGLAND.
. NEW copy, hardcover.
(Globe Pequot Press).
168 pages.
~~~ The Best of Chronicle's Award-Winning WCVB-TV Series
$29.95
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Swan, Tony,
RETRO RIDE: Advertising Art of the American Automobile.
. NEW copy, hardcover.
(Collectors Press).
176 pages.
~~~ Traces the simultaneous
evolution of the automobile and the print advertising that helped it flower
across five decades--the Roaring Twenties through the Go-Go Sixties--the period
before TV reached its full potential. Well illustrated in color.
$39.95
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Rasmussen, Henry,
MACK TRUCKS.
. NEW copy, hardcover.
(Motorbooks International).
128 pages.
~~~ Mack Trucks, long symbolized by the strident bulldog, has a stunning history. Since 1904
these famous trucks have roamed America's highways and byways. delivering the
goods, both literally and figuratively. Macks and their drivers have helped the
country grow and prosper. Author Henry Rasmussen's Mack Trucks is divided into
10 chapters, discussing the earliest examples, true collector gems, Mack
memorabilia, old Macks still earning their keep, and big Macks on the road
today. Stunning photography throughout make this a special addition to the
library of any big rig fan.
$17.95
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Ringsak, Russell,
SEMI TRUE.
. NEW copy, hardcover.
(Globe Pequot Press).
234 pages.
~~~ In twenty years of hauling stage equipment for public radio's A Prairie Home
Companion, Russ Ringsak has heard some amazing stories - and some not-so-amazing
stories in need of minor embellishment. Gleaned from truck stops, blues bars,
and CB radio conversations, Ringsak's world of colorful characters includes a
former professional stunt baby, a farmer with a one-footed bean-planting Muscovy
duck, and the man vs. tom turkey battle of the century. Semi True combines these
mostly factual tales with wry observations about the art of truck driving and
life along the road, all from the unique perspective of a former suit-searing
office worker. Readers who enjoyed his previous material on the radio show's Web
site will welcome this new collection of dispatches.
$19.95
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