Route 66 in Chicago
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From the Back Cover of Route 66 in Chicago:
It winds from Chicago to L.A.”–so says Nat “King” Cole’s classic hit “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66.” Beginning in 1926, Route 66 was the only U.S. highway providing a direct connection between the Windy City and the City of Angels; thus, it is no wonder that Route 66 would become the metaphor of the American journey. The crescent-shaped route from the shore of Lake Michigan to the southern Pacific Coast followed a corridor blazed by Native American footpaths, pioneer waterways, and transcontinental railroads. As the frontier moved across the Great Plains to the ocean, Chicago was the point of embarkation for people emigrating from the east, and it was the marketplace for the products harvested in the west. During the golden age of the car culture, Chicago was where people started their California trips as they took “the highway that’s the best.
Historian David G. Clark has collected images symbolizing and interpreting the city and highway’s shared past. The postcards, vintage and modern photographs, and periodical illustrations in Route 66 in Chicago lead to an inescapable conclusion: there could be no Route 66 without Chicago, and Chicago would be a far different place without the “Mother Road.”
Route 66 in Chicago was the First-Place winner, non-fiction history book category, of the 2008 Illinois Women’s Press Association Communications Awards.
Much as Route 66 and the city of Chicago share a kindred history, so do the art and text, paired perfectly so that readers get plenty of information and are able to see what the author is talking about. — Jon P. Callender, American Road Magazine
David Clark has produced an excellent volume tracing the Route 66 Corridor through the Chicago of today and back to early Native American trails and waterways…Clark is noted for his outstanding research and entertaining writing style and this book does not disappoint in either category — Bob Moore, Route 66 Magazine
Book Details
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Softcover: 128 Pages, 6 1/2″ wide x 9 3/16″ tall, 195 photos & illustrations
ISBN: 0-7385-5138-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-7385-5138-8
$19.99 plus shipping.
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