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Route 66 Adventure Handbook is your personal guide to the vanishing American roadside, with all of its exuberance, splendor, and absurdity.--
About the author
Drew Knowles is a writer, photographer, and veteran of dozens and dozens of road trips throughout the United States. In addition to
Route 66 Adventure Handbook, he is the author of
Route 66 Quick Reference Encyclopedia, and his writings have also appeared in
Route 66 Federation News,
Amarillo Globe-News,
USA Today, GoNomad.com, and RoadTripAmerica.com. His travel photography has been exhibited in museums and galleries both on and off the Mother Road, including the Texas Route 66 Museum, the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum, the Lincoln County Museum of Pioneer History, Old Bedford School museum, Whittington Gallery, Mena Art Gallery, and Ouachita Artists’ Gallery. Knowles is a longtime member of the Society for Commercial Archaeology, and currently serves on the board of directors of Friends of Hot Springs National Park, where he has been a full-time resident for several years.
Summary
Route 66 Adventure Handbook is your personal guide to the vanishing American roadside, with all of its exuberance, splendor, and absurdity.
For this updated and expanded sixth edition, Drew Knowles has included it all: magnificent architecture, natural wonders, Art Deco masterpieces, vintage motels and cafes, unique museums, offbeat attractions, fascinating artifacts and icons, and kitschy tourist traps. The addition of more city maps, showing the multiple paths of Route 66 and displaying the exact locations of points of interest, is a major improvement over the already critically acclaimed fifth edition of the book. The sixth edition also includes hundreds of beautiful new photographs—including a 24-page center insert with stunning color photos and the addition of dozens of new attractions. Knowles has also added QR codes for certain locations that will enable the reader to access additional online material, such as more photos, video clips, and scans of vintage memorabilia.
Additionally, GPS coordinates have been included for virtually all of the photos, so that travelers can plug the information into their smartphones and other navigation devices and instantly determine where each photo was taken and compare it to the condition of that particular site at the time of their visit.
Filled with wonderfully quirky side trips and fun bits of trivia, Route 66 Adventure Handbook is the most authoritative resource for anyone looking to explore the Mother Road. Fasten your seat belts!
Foreword
Publicity will be focused on traditional industry outlets, including Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus, Bookpage, Shelf Awareness, etc.
Publicity and marketing efforts to the general consumer trade will target Automobile and Travel outlets, as well as traditional print media for book reviews. Prior editions have received extensive national media coverage.
Targeted PR to media located in the states and cities where the Route passes through (Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California)
We will do our best to secure noteworthy endorsements
