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Route 66 in St. Louis /

Title
Route 66 in St. Louis / Joe Sonderman.
Author
Sonderman, Joe.
Publication
Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, ©2008.

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Description
127 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm.
Summary
"In 1926, highway planners laid out a ribbon of roadways connecting the nation. One of the most important wove its way across eight states, from the cities of the heartland to golden California. In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck calls it ?the Mother Road.? Route 66 has become a legend, celebrated in books, movies, works of art, and popular music. The interstates could not kill it. As ?the Main Street of America,? Route 66 had to pass through ?the Gateway to the West,? St. Louis. Crossing the Mississippi River, the road took many different paths through the busy city and then united to travel into the rolling hills of the Ozarks. Along the way there were mom-and-pop motels, tourist traps, roadside restaurants, a man selling frozen custard, one living with snakes, and another who claimed to be Jesse James. Their stories are here"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
Images of America
Uniform Title
Images of America.
Alternative Title
  • Route 66 in Saint Louis
  • Route Sixty-six in St. Louis
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Pictorial works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 127).
Contents
Historic or Southern Route from 1933 to 1975 -- 1926-1932 Original Route -- Bypass Route used from 1936 to 1965 -- Franklin County -- Metro East.
ISBN
  • 9780738552163
  • 073855216X
LCCN
2007941896
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library