From its designation in 1926 to the rise of the interstates nearly
sixty years later, Route 66 was, in John Steinbeck's words,
America's Mother Road, carrying countless travelers the 2,400 miles
between Chicago and Los Angeles. Whoever they were-adventurous
motorists or Dustbowl migrants, troops on military transports or
passengers on buses, vacationing families or a new breed of
tourists-these travelers had to eat. The story of where they
stopped and what they found, and of how these roadside offerings
changed over time, reveals twentieth-century America on the move,
transforming the nation's cuisine, culture, and landscape along the
way. Author T. Lindsay Baker, a glutton for authenticity, drove the
historic route-or at least the 85 percent that remains intact-in a
four-cylinder 1930 Ford station wagon. Sparing us the dust and
bumps, he takes us for a spin along Route 66, stopping to sample
the fare at diners, supper clubs, and roadside stands and to
describe how such venues came and went-even offering kitchen-tested
recipes from historic eateries en route. Start-ups that became such
American fast-food icons as McDonald's, Dairy Queen, Steak 'n
Shake, and Taco Bell feature alongside mom-and-pop diners with
flocks of chickens out back and sit-down restaurants with heirloom
menus. Food-and-drink establishments from speakeasies to drive-ins
share the right-of-way with other attractions, accommodations, and
challenges, from the Whoopee Auto Coaster in Lyons, Illinois, to
the piles of "chat" (mining waste) in the Tri-State District of
Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, to the perils of driving old
automobiles over the Jericho Gap in the Texas Panhandle or
Sitgreaves Pass in western Arizona. Describing options for the
wealthy and the not-so-well-heeled, from hotel dining rooms to ice
cream stands, Baker also notes the particular travails African
Americans faced at every turn, traveling Route 66 across the
decades of segregation, legal and illegal. So grab your hat and
your wallet (you'll probably need cash) and come along for an
enlightening trip down America's memory lane-a westward tour
through the nation's heartland and history, with all the trimmings,
via Route 66.
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