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Available
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Publication
Voyageur Press (2020), 160 pages
Description
Travel. Nonfiction. HTML: Ghost towns lie all along the Mother Road. The quintessential boom-and-bust highway of the American West, Route 66 once hosted a thriving array of boom towns built around oil wells, railroad stops, cattle ranches, resorts, stagecoach stops, and gold mines. Join Route 66 expert Jim Hinckley as he tours more than 25 ghost towns, rich in stories and history, complemented by gorgeous sepia-tone and color photography by Kerrick James. Also includes directions and travel tips for your ghost-town explorations along Route 66. Explore the beauty and nostalgia of these abandoned communities along America's favorite highway!.
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LibraryThing member pomo58
Ghost Towns of Route 66: The Forgotten Places Along America's Famous Highway by Jim Hinckley is a nostalgic yet sad trip through the past along a largely forgotten (as far as use goes) highway.
I remember many trips along Route 66 between about 1963 and 1974, some years more of the road, some less.
This book highlights both how things were as well as how things are now, so while we visit and see the empty and broken remnants, we also read a little about how these towns flourished. While a very attractive book, I don't think of it as one that is necessarily about the pictures first and the text second (as many coffee table books tend to be), in fact, I would say the text is actually the key to the book while the pictures help to create a more rounded experience.
Definitely recommend to anyone interested in Americana as well as those who remember the time when it was a major road.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.
I remember many trips along Route 66 between about 1963 and 1974, some years more of the road, some less.
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My family vacations were spent in a car going from family home to family home, with the two constants being Maryland and California (Van Nuys specifically). When we visited northern family we used all or most of the highway, when we visited southern family, we usually just used the western part of the highway. But it was always an interesting trip and it wasn't until the late 70s that I made my first trip as a driver on the road. Fond memories, many of which this book brought back to me. Just about everyone from that time period has a "street corner in Winslow Arizona" story, and a friend of mine called me in 1998 when he was traveling just to use that line. These types of national memories are priceless.This book highlights both how things were as well as how things are now, so while we visit and see the empty and broken remnants, we also read a little about how these towns flourished. While a very attractive book, I don't think of it as one that is necessarily about the pictures first and the text second (as many coffee table books tend to be), in fact, I would say the text is actually the key to the book while the pictures help to create a more rounded experience.
Definitely recommend to anyone interested in Americana as well as those who remember the time when it was a major road.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2011
Physical description
160 p.; 10.25 inches
ISBN
0760369690 / 9780760369692