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Images of AmericaRoute 66 in California |
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The “Mother Road” hauled it all, traversing the American West from Chicago to Santa Monica Beach, the last 350 miles through Southern California. For settlers, Depression era “Okies” and Arkies,” and post-World War II families bound for suburbia, Route 66 was a migration funnel for generations. Wending through the desert and mountains of San Bernadino County into Los Angeles, Route 66 became a state of mind and a catch phrase for travelers everywhere, especially after singer Bobby Troupe popularized the hit song “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66” and actors Martin Milner and George Maharis hit the road with the ragtop down and the shades on in the namesake television series that seemed to go anywhere every week. The shield of the Route 66 sign has become iconography for the growth of Southern California’s economy, population, popularity, and folklore. | |||
| Author Glen Duncan, with the help of Jim Conkle of the California Route 66 Preservation Foundation, has compiled this tour along California's part of the two-lane corridor that Will Rogers called "Main Street America." With fascinating archival photographs gathered from many museum, library, and government collections, and current images of what still exists, they have created a mosaic of transportation, tourism, and wayside heritage along a blacktop ribbon that has been seminal to the American idea of "the road." | ||||
| What others are saying about Route 66 in California: | ||||
| "Route 66
in California masterfully illustrates the rich architectural and cultural resources
found in Southern California's stretch of the Mother Road, underscoring that our Route 66
history isn't just found on the open highway -- it's even significantly shaped the Los
Angeles megalopolis." Ken Bernstein Director of Preservation Issues Los Angeles Conservancy "If
you want to learn about the lure, history, and magic of Route 66 in California, you
absolutely must own a copy of Images of America: Route 66 in California. Glen Duncan and
the California Route 66 Preservation Foundation knocked themselves out in creating this
landmark work for Arcadia Publishing. The book is a true Mother Road gem. Get one pronto
and devour every delicious morsel." "A brilliant collection of images
evoking the spirit and culture of Route 66 in California. This well researched book is fun
and educational, filled with incredibly engaging photographs spanning the history of the
road’s western stretches. It is not just about buildings and road segments, it is
also about people and the varied cultural landscapes that make up southern California:
orange orchards, snow-capped mountains, parades, family outings, the Mohave desert; these
pages represent a magical swath through the heartland of Southern California." "The magnet that is California has two
poles - wherever you came from, and the Pacific Ocean. Memories or dreams will come
to life as each photo inconvertibly pulls you west. Route 66 in California
is a real page turner." |
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