Route 66 Adventure Handbook: Expanded Third Edition - Softcover

Knowles, Drew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1595800123 ISBN 13: 9781595800121

Publisher: Santa Monica Press, 2006

Synopsis

Drew Knowles’ classic book, Route 66 Adventure Handbook, is a tribute to the route that has been the preferred choice of Mother Roaders” for years. This brand new expanded edition contains more photos and detailed information than ever before!

Route 66 Adventure Handbook is quite simply the best guide to the vanishing American roadside, with all of its exuberance, splendor, and absurdity. 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.

This city-by-city and state-by-state tour of America’s most celebrated highway also includes hundreds of stunning photographs to illustrate the many wonders of the Route. Filled with 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.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Veteran Route 66 explorer Drew Knowles takes us on a city-by-city state-by-state tour of America's most celebrated highway in the Route 66 Adventure Handbook.

Ride along as Drew uncovers a wealth of features--some well-known, some obscure, but all of them fascinating--all along the length of America's Main Street, Route 66.

It's all here: Explore places steeped in history, bask in the splendor of nature's beauty, and drink in some of the world's most outlandish tourist attractions.

The Route 66 Adventure Handbook is your guide to the vanishing American roadside in all its excitement, splendor--and, yes!--absurdity.

This special Adventure Pack edition even includes a set of four colorful postcards depicting some of the most well-known Route 66 icons. Fasten your seat belts!

About the Author:

Drew Knowles is a photographer, a writer, and a member of the Texas Photographic Society, the Society for Commercial Archaeology, and the National Historic Route 66 Federation. He is the author of Route 66 Quick Reference Encyclopedia. He lives in Hurst, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Santa Monica Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1595800123
• ISBN 13: 9781595800121
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 384