Route 66 Quick Reference Encyclopedia

✍ Scribed by Drew Knowles

• Publisher: Santa Monica Press
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 210
• Edition: illustrated edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

With this handy reference, novices and seasoned roadies have quick and easy access to essential information about this famous highway. Providing a list of important terms accompanied by descriptive articles and illustrations, the guide details the route's history—including the origin of the slogan ''Get your kicks on Route 66''—commemorative festivals, useful highway terms, maps, and its most famous and quirkiest attractions. A Question & Answer section with trivia questions and their unexpected and fascinating answers provides further information that 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 beloved drives in America.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Foreword by Susan Croce Kelly, Author of Route 66: The Highway and Its People......Page 10
Author's Preface......Page 12
A Short Introduction to Route 66......Page 14
Route 66 Maps......Page 19
California......Page 20
Arizona......Page 22
New Mexico and Texas......Page 24
Oklahoma......Page 26
Kansas......Page 29
Missouri......Page 30
Illinois......Page 32
A Route 66 Timeline......Page 34
Route 66 A-to-Z......Page 35
Need to Know More?......Page 207