Moon Route 66 Road Trip

by Taylor, Candacy

• ISBN13: 9781631210716
• ISBN10: 1631210718
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-05-03
• Publisher: Moon Travel

Summary

Drive into the Heart of America

From pristine prairies and red rock mountains to the glittering Pacific, this fabled highway has beckoned everyone from Dust Bowl escapees to 1950s vacationers. Route 66 is lined with the history of those seeking a better life, whose stamina, perseverance, and imagination made it an American icon. Their stories are threaded throughout this book, amid the colorful characters and cultural curiosities that embody the Mother Road today.

This book gives you everything you need to get your kicks on Route 66:
Follow turn by turn directions to connect with the historic highway—and learn where to get off the route for worthwhile excursions
Experience roadside attractions, outsider art, and kitsch masterpieces
Wander transcendent landscapes like Acoma Pueblo, the Grand Canyon, and Joshua Tree
Meet the trailblazing women who defined Route 66 for generations to come
Discover the untold stories of the Green Book, which enabled African Americans to travel west safely

Author Biography

Candacy Taylor is an award-winning author, cultural critic and photographer with a master’s degree in visual criticism. She started driving Route 66 more than 20 years ago and fell in love with the Mother Road while researching her book, Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitress.

Taylor has traveled more than 300,000 miles documenting stories about American culture and identity and has a deep respect for hospitality industry workers because she worked in hotels and restaurants for 12 years. She has lived in every region of the country, eaten in over 8,000 restaurants and stayed in more than 4,000 hotels. Some of her best memories touring Route 66 are walking through the historic La Posada Harvey House in Winslow, Arizona, eating green chile enchiladas at Tia Sophia’s in Santa Fe, going to the Sno-Cap in Seligman, AZ and listening to Angel Delgadillo tell stories about Route 66.

Her work has been featured by more than 30 major outlets, including the New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, The Library of Congress, Photographer’s Forum, Rachael Ray, PBS, the CBC, BBC and NPR. Her exhibit based on Counter Culture made Southwest Airlines’ top-ten list of things to see in America, and ABC optioned the book for a television series. She currently lives in Los Angeles.