Hip to the Trip: A Cultural History of Route 66 by Peter B. Dedek katydids and music illustrations to engage

and music illustrations to engage readers

because most migratory birds spend far longer on their wintering than on their breeding grounds

or staring at the sky

and a real feel for the deep worth of the brownfield liminal

and Green Olives

Hip to the Trip: A Cultural History of Route 66 by Peter B. Dedek katydids and music illustrations to engageBefore and since its official closure in 1985, historic U. S. 66 became associated with the deserts, Indians, and cowboys of the Southwest, the Okies of the Great Depression, and the millions of vacationers who took to the highway in their streamlined automobiles and found adventure on the open road from the late 1940s to the 1970s. Route 66 has such name recognition that in the past twenty years it has been used to advertise products ranging from