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BOOK NOTES

New books celebrate Route 66’s 100th anniversary

UNM Press publishes a Route 66 Centennial edition of ‘Hip to the Trip’

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REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION

The University of New Mexico Press has published a Route 66 Centennial edition of “Hip to the Trip” by Peter B. Dedek. Originally published in 2007, the new edition is updated and revised.

Route 66 celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.

Dedek is a professor of history and the coordinator of the Public History Program at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.

SEVEN ROUTE 66 BOOKS

The University of Oklahoma Press is spotlighting seven of its titles to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Route 66 this year.

The titles are:

“Route 66: The Highway and Its People” by Susan Croce Kelly and photographic essay by Quinta Scott

“Father of Route 66: The Story of Cy Avery” by Susan Croce Kelly

“Eating Up Route 66: Foodways on America’s Mother Road” by T. Lindsay Baker

“Traveling Route 66: 2,250 Miles of Motoring History from Chicago to L.A.” by Nick Freeth

“Route 66 Crossings: Historic Bridges of the Mother Road” by Jim Ross

“Portrait of Route 66: Images from the Curt Teich Postcard Archives” by T. Lindsay Baker, foreword by Joe Sonderman

“Along Route 66” by Quinta Scott