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A Route 66 companion /
"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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword: America's Road by Michael Wallis; 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 TrailCarolyn Wheat, Too Many Midnights; Thomas Wolfe, The Lost Boy; 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 RanchIV. 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 TimeSylvia 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.