Description |
xxii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Series |
Plains histories |
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Plains histories.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Prologue: before the trip -- My connection with the road -- The mother road -- Land of pigs and corn -- Land of the muddy river -- Land of the south wind -- The home for all Indians -- The panhandle -- Land of the zia sun -- The arid zone -- Through purgatory to paradise -- For the road -- and before -- The remembrance. |
Summary |
"Offers insight into America as revealed through the author's perspective on the peoples, histories, cultures, literature, and music of US Route 66"-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
United States Highway 66 -- History.
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West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
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West (U.S.) -- History, Local.
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Henriksson, Markku -- Travel.
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Added Title |
Route sixty-six |
ISBN |
9780896726772 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0896726770 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780896728257 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0896728250 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780896728264 (e-book) |
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