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 to Los Angeles. Opened in 1926, Route
66 became the quintessential American road. It offered the chance
for freedom and a better life, whether you were down-and-out Okies
fleeing the Dust Bowl in the 1930s or cool guys cruising in a
Corvette in the 1960s. Even though the interstates long ago turned
Route 66 into a bylane, it still draws travelers from around the
world who long to experience the freedom of the open road. A Route
66 Companion gathers fiction, poetry, memoir, and oral history to
present a literary historical portrait of America's most storied
highway. From accounts of pioneering trips across the western
plains to a sci-fi fantasy of traveling Route 66 in a rocket, here
are stories that explore the mystique of the open road, told by
master storytellers ranging from Washington Irving to Raymond
Chandler, Joan Didion, Sylvia Plath, Leslie Marmon Silko, and John
Steinbeck. Interspersed among them are reminiscences that, for the
first time, honor the varied cultures-Native American, Mexican
American, and African American, as well as Anglo-whose experiences
run through the Route 66 story like the stripe down the highway. So
put the top down, set the cruise control, and "make that California
trip" with A Route 66 Companion.
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