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Route 66: The Mother Road 75th Anniversary Edition
America's Main Street is celebration, Michael Wallis hit the road again, revisiting people and
places that made the Mother Road on American icon, and uncovering new treasures. A love
letter and a tribute, Route 66: The Mother Road takes us on an unforgettable journey through
the secret corners and hidden towns of America's most famous and beloved highway.
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
June 23rd 2001
by St. Martin's Griffin
(first published May 1990)
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It's tough to realize that you love America even though you hate football, red meat, needless consumption and war. This book gets at the heart of what America is really about - free people doing unique things, having fun and meeting other free people before they die. It's about the journey...
Parts of the route through Missouri and Illinois I remember. Even a picture of the grain elevators in my mothers home town. Good book - sad that most of the road is gone now.
Another great Route 66 book. It gives a thorough look at the route through all 8 states, and the updated anniversary edition gives some updates on people and places mentioned in the book, as well as recent preservation efforts.
(I finished reading it on April 4, 2009. I started it on the day I went to visit the most exciting new destination in the state of Illinois: Joliet! Which also happens to be a Route 66 town.)
(I finished reading it on April 4, 2009. I started it on the day I went to visit the most exciting new destination in the state of Illinois: Joliet! Which also happens to be a Route 66 town.)
Fantastic history of Route 66. Not a guide book, but great for armchair travel. It's outdated due to its having been written in 1990, and a lot has changed on the road since then (both for better and for worse), but the history of all of the beloved landmarks doesn't change. Michael Wallis has called this book his love letter to the mother road. It is exactly that.
I did my research to find the right book to quench my thirst for details on America's Route 66. This was the book recommended and it does not disappoint. Great historical data and photos.
great photos and anecdotes
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Michael Wallis is the bestselling author of Route 66, Billy the Kid, Pretty Boy, and David Crockett. He hosts the PBS series American Roads. He voiced The Sheriff in the animated Pixar feature Cars. He lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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