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David King Dunaway A Route 66 Companion (Paperback)
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- Publication Name
- A Route 66 Companion
- Title
- A Route 66 Companion
- Contributor
- David King Dunaway (Edited by)
- ISBN-10
- 0292726600
- EAN
- 9780292726604
- ISBN
- 9780292726604
- Release Date
- 02/01/2012
- Release Year
- 2012
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Book Title
- Route 66 Companion
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Travel, History, Literary Collections, Social Science
- Topic
- United States / West / General, United States / 20th Century, Human Geography, Essays
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 7.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
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Even before there was a road, there was a route. Buffalo trails, Indian paths, the old Santa Fe trace--all led across the Great Plains and the western mountains to the golden oasis of California. America's insatiable westering urge culminated in Route 66, the highway that ran from Chicago to Los Angeles. Opened in 1926, Route 66 became the quintessential American road. It offered the chance for freedom and a better life, whether you were down-and-out Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl in the 1930s or cool guys cruising in a Corvette in the 1960s. Even though the interstates long ago turned Route 66 into a bylane, it still draws travelers from around the world who long to experience the freedom of the open road. A Route 66 Companion gathers fiction, poetry, memoir, and oral history to present a literary historical portrait of America's most storied highway. From accounts of pioneering trips across the western plains to a sci-fi fantasy of traveling Route 66 in a rocket, here are stories that explore the mystique of the open road, told by master storytellers ranging from Washington Irving to Raymond Chandler, Joan Didion, Sylvia Plath, Leslie Marmon Silko, and John Steinbeck. Interspersed among them are reminiscences that, for the first time, honor the varied cultures--Native American, Mexican American, and African American, as well as Anglo--whose experiences run through the Route 66 story like the stripe down the highway. So put the top down, set the cruise control, and "make that California trip" with A Route 66 Companion .
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
0292726600
ISBN-13
9780292726604
eBay Product ID (ePID)
112673780
Product Key Features
Book Title
Route 66 Companion
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
United States / West / General, United States / 20th Century, Human Geography, Essays
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Travel, History, Literary Collections, Social Science
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
7.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps648.U55r68 2012
Reviews
Route 66 has a long and interesting history, and Dunaway...has done a fantastic job selecting works of literature about "America's Main Street" to tell its dynamic story, supplemented by the editor's own invaluable commentary., A Route 66 Companion is a great read and should find its way tothe hands of any armchair traveler or lover of the history of the American West., "In A Route 66 Companion (University of Texas Press, $19.95), David King Dunaway takes a more sociological approach to the road which ran from Chicago to Los Angeles. He offers poems and prose, mixed with oral history.... Route 66 was decommissioned and removed from the US Interstate Highway System in 1985. It is now a heritage strip, kept alive by societies and museums. A Route 66 Companion , which offers an extract from the Negro Motorist Green Book , with listings of friendly hotels for blacks (not all early 66ers were civil righters), a "bioregional approach" to the road, and some eerie dialogue from a twilight-zone play called The Hitch-Hiker , takes place among them." - James Campbell, Times Literary Supplement , June 22nd 2012, "In A Route 66 Companion (University of Texas Press, $19.95), David King Dunaway takes a more sociological approach to the road which ran from Chicago to Los Angeles. He offers poems and prose, mixed with oral history.... Route 66 was decommissioned and removed from the US Interstate Highway System in 1985. It is now a heritage strip, kept alive by societies and museums. A Route 66 Companion, which offers an extract from the Negro Motorist Green Book, with listings of friendly hotels for blacks (not all early 66ers were civil righters), a "bioregional approach" to the road, and some eerie dialogue from a twilight-zone play called The Hitch-Hiker, takes place among them." - James Campbell, Times Literary Supplement, June 22nd 2012, A Route 66 Companion is a great read and should find its way to the hands of any armchair traveler or lover of the history of the American West.
Table of Content
Introduction I. Railroads and the Prehistory of Route 66 Dave Edmunds, Buffalo Hunting on Route 66 Washington Irving, A Tour on the Prairies Count de Pourtalès, On the Western Tour with Washington Irving Edward F. Beale, The Journals of the Superintendent of the Wagon World Michael Amundson, Railroaders' Route 66 Hal G. Evarts, Jr., One Night in the Red Dog Saloon Zane Grey, The U.P. Trail Man Susanyatame, Recalling Route 66's Trail of Tears A Bioregional Approach to Route 66: An Introduction II. Prairie 66: Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas Vachel Lindsay, The Santa Fe Trail Carolyn Wheat, Too Many Midnights Thomas Wolfe, The Lost Bo y Jay Smith, The Boy: Okie Passage on Route 66 David August, Blind Corner James H. Cobb, West on 66 III. Plains 66: Oklahoma and Texas Greg Malak, Working with Will Will Rogers, The Autobiography of Will Rogers Lance Henson, Back Road 66 Karen Hesse, Wild Boy of the Road Victor H. Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book Gary Phillips, '53 Buick Edmond Threatt, Black on 66 Michael Wallis, Mr. Route 66 Robert M. Davis, Kicking 66 Delbert Trew, On Route 66 in Texas Stanley Marsh III, Cadillac Ranch IV. Mountain 66: New Mexico and Arizona Raymond Wierth and Joe Miller, Mining Along 66 Harvey Fergusson, Hot Saturday Paul Horgan, The Thin Mountain Air Mary Toya, Laguna Exile John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony Lucille Fletcher, The Hitch-Hiker Henry Miller, The Air-Conditioned Nightmare Rudolfo Anaya, Hispanic on Route 66 V. Desert and Coastal 66: California Ed Gorman, Gunslinger Raymond Chandler, The High Window Louis Owens, Indian Farm-workers on 66 Ry Cooder, The Music of 66 Robert Ervin, Soul in the Desert Earlene Fowler, Blue Time Sylvia Plath, Sleep in the Mojave Desert Joan Didion, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream Ross MacDonald, Sleeping Beauty VI. The Future of 66 Peter Friedman, A Rocket Scientist Looks at Route 66's Future Fredric Brown, Rogue in Space Aldous Huxley, Brave New World A Select Route 66 Bibliography Credits Acknowledgments About the Author
Copyright Date
2012
Lccn
2011-032482
Dewey Decimal
810.9/35873
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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