From Missouri's Abbylee Motel to the hamlet of Yukon, Oklahoma, The Route 66 Encyclopedia is a formidable A-to-Z guide to the Mother Road. So much of America has traveled on, been built along, or exists because of Route 66, from the Phillips Petroleum Company's "Phillips 66" service stations to the famed La Posada hotel in Winslow, Arizona. You can learn about the five different path of Route 66 in Los Angeles and Chicago's forerunner of Route 66, built in 1831. If you have questions about Route 66 itself or the history, cities and towns, landmarks, and personalities with ties to the highway, The Route 66 Encyclopedia is you go-to source. John Steinbeck, Will Rogers, and Jack Rittenhouse make appearances, along with founding of Hollywood, the movie Cars, and the hospitality of The Fred Company. It seems as if the modern American West steadily flowed north and south from the meandering blacktop byway. People used the road to get some where, experiencing roadside attractions, historic cafés, and widely spaced western towns along the way. The Route 66 Encyclopedia will take you to all these places in one colorful armchair road trip after another. Illustrated with more than one thousand color and black-and-white photographs and pieces of memorabilia, The Route 66 Encyclopedia provides a sweeping look at the long history and iconic landmarks of America's most famous road. This book is the most substantial and informative book ever published about Route 66, a road worthy of Jim Hinckley's exhaustive treatment.
