"Just about the time I think there are enough books about Route 66, along comes another one
"Described as an interactive photographic journey, I M A G E S of 66 shows us not only the
Michael Wallis, Author, Route 66: The Mother Road, www.michaelwallis.com
"David Wickline has done a marvelous job in producing an awesome book of Route 66 images--about
Jim Ross, Author, "Oklahoma Route 66"
"What's the right word to describe a book that presents over 2,000 images of The Mother Road from Chicago all the way to
After Rich Cunningham and I published The Complete Guidebook to Route 66 and The Complete Atlas of Route 66 in 2003,
Page after page of color photographs depicting the places and the pavement of Route 66 excite the mind as each picture
Downtowns, cafes and motels fill the book as well - bringing a smile to the readers face with recollections of passing these
There is the one error in the book that always seems to crop up - the reference to the TV series is shown as Route 66 when
I guarantee this book will become the definitive - no, allow me to correct myself, IT IS the definitive photo book of the Road.
Bob Moore, Editor, Route 66 Magazine, www.route66magazine.com
"Folks, I have to agree with Bob's review of the new book 'Images of 66'
by David Wickline. The number
James M Conkle, CEO Route 66 Preservation Foundation. www.cart66pf.org
"Images of 66" is a great reference for anybody interested in Route 66. David has managed to take photos of most of the
cool stuff along 66. Some of his subjects are old friends of mine (sometimes seen in a new light) while others are places
I had not bothered to photograph, and a few are those delightful discoveries that I have never noticed before!
"Images of 66" performs a service by documenting many of the less noted Route 66 icons, and future roadies will be grateful.
I enjoy grabbing "Images of 66" and plopping it open at random, then letting the pictures take me for as long as I wish...
what a way to re-live precious Route 66 memories.
Jerry McClannahan, noted Route 66 Artist and Author of The EZ 66 Guide for Travelers. www.national66.com
I M A G E S of 66 is the most comprehensive collection of Route 66 images ever published, period. Considering that there is
Wickline’s east-to-west photo tour of the Mother Road isn’t just “drive-by shooting.” He traverses the main alignments of Route
Wickline’s text with the photos is necessarily spare, but no less valuable. If a Route 66 business is still operating, it’s nearly
A trip to Tulsa in 1999 ignited Wickline’s interest in the road. Since then, he’s traveled end-to-end on the Mother Road six times.
"I M A G E S of 66″ contains a few errors and blurry photos here and there (a production problem, perhaps?). But the book is
Don’t look for "I M A G E S of 66″ on Amazon.com. You can order it directly from Wickline. Or you can buy it from this ever-
Ron Warnick, Editor, Route 66 News, www.route66news.org
Your book, I M A G E S of 66 is magnificent! I purchased it at the Mother Road Museum in Barstow on September 28th toward
Again, I thank you for your excellent photographs, eloquent text and magnificent layout to remind us all of the importance
Richard Simonds, Ph.D., Mercedes-Benz Club of America, Inc., www.mbca.org
I M A G E S of 66 is the consummate visual book about Route 66. Author David Wickline has put an incredible amount of
David Knudson, Executive Director, National Historic Route 66 Federation, www.national66.org
Let me get in the line of folks praising David Wickline's "Images of 66". My
copy arrived yesterday and it's a real page turner. Each
page contains a half dozen or so photographs with descriptions. Some of the
photos could be works of art in a large I know you
can get the book at Henry's Rabbit Ranch and probably several other places along
the road or it can be ordered
Denny Gibson, Seasoned Route 66 Roadie from Cincinnati Ohio. www.dennygibson.com
I picked up my book on Saturday from the Big Texan in Amarillo. I could
not put it down, so many shots similar to ones I have
Dave 66 Willy Willman, Another seasoned 66 Roadie from Aurora, Colorado
I just got back from two weeks of touring 66 from Chicago to Tulsa, and
along the way I picked up three wonderful books I'd had on my wish list for
a while, "Oklahoma Route 66", "The Missouri US 66 Tour Book" and "Route 66
Adventure Handbook" all of which are most excellent works in their own right
and all of which I'm sure most of you are quite familiar with. While
checking out The Mule Trading Post near St. James, Missouri I spotted a new
book on the counter beside the cash register, one I'd not heard of before,
"Images of 66" by David Wickline. As I flipped through the pages I was
pleasantly surprised by the collection of images contained in this book and
made a mental note to pick up a copy sometime soon. Over the next few
days those images of 66 from David Wickline's work remained in my mind and
merged with the memories of the sights I'd seen and places I'd been on the
eastern half of the Mother Road to the point where I couldn't think of a
better souvenir to take home with me than this book. When heading back to
Canada I stopped off at the Mule Trading Post and picked up a copy. David
Wickline has done an absolutely wonderful job of capturing the spirit of 66,
not only of the sights along the way but of the road itself, that ribbon of
pavement rolling and winding across the country. I'll be spending many happy
hours leafing through the pages and I'm hoping that these images will help
my family and friends understand why I've fallen in love with that ol' road.
canadianhighwayman@yahoo.com, Another Route 66 Roadie from Canada
to change my mind. That was certainly the case when I laid eyes on I M A G E S of 66, the
outstanding salute to the Mother Road with photographs and text by David Wickline. Anyone
wise enough to spend a few minutes with this book will instantly be persuaded of its
importance to the growing body of work about the historic highway that has served our
nation since 1926".
best the highway has to offer but it also reveals those secret places that all too often are
overlooked. If you don't have this book in your library, then you are lacking one of the most
complete portraits of Route 66 to come along in many years. This holiday season I'm giving the
CARS DVD and copies of David's book I M A G E S of 66 to some mighty lucky folks".
and the voice of The Sheriff in Pixar's motion picture hit, CARS.
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2000 of them! I know of no other book that has gone as far beyond the familiar in terms of capturing
often overlooked roadside icons as this one. Add to the mix a dash of historical text and captions that
give context to each image, and what you have is a comprehensive collection that no 66 roadie worth
their salt should be without".
Publisher, "The Route 66 Map Series", www.66maps.com
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the Santa Monica Pier? How does "astounding" hit you? A little over-the-top? Not even close. Wait 'til you see this one.
we pondered whether or not someone would ever undertake the enormous effort required to produce a complete photo book
of The Road, thus creating a Route 66 trilogy. A book that would meticulously trace The Mother Road with photographs the
way we had with words
and maps. Well, it has been done and the effort is a Roadie's dream come true.
brings to
life a memory of a Road Trip(s). Nomatter if you are a long haul Route 66 Roadie, or a wandering Roadie who con-
centrates on one
state or section of the Main Street of America, I M A G E S of 66 is going to be a delight. The road is
shown in all of its
glory, from the long abandoned dirt sections (the area around Bridgeport, OK), to the still highly traveled
sections (the Oatman
Hill in Arizona).
very
spots, or chowing down in that Mom and Pop cafe, or staying the night in that classic motel of the road. And for each
place shown,
there is, if possible, a phone number and website listed.
we
all know it is route 66, and I mention it because I always do, in hopes that someday everyone will get it right.
(Ed note:
That'll happen right after pigs are seen flying over Kingman.)
Every Roadie in the world will want, and should have, I M A G E S of 66 in their library".
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and quality of photos he has assembled is
going to make this book a MUST HAVE for all roadies. I am
sure that Bob
has reviewed more books then most of us know about so when he says he can't
say
enough about this book he is not kidding. This is going to be a huge
seller".
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aficionados
has skyrocketed in recent weeks. That’s due to the recent publication of his softcover book, "I M A G E S of 66"
which contains a staggering 386 pages and thousands of
color photos of sights along the Mother Road.
no shortage
of heavily illustrated Route 66 books out there, that says something.
Here are two sample pages from Wickline’s
site to give you an idea what I’m talking about. These two pages contain a total of 11 photographs.
The whole book is like that...
It’s packed.
66,
and he also explores lesser-known segments such as the Ozark Trail, the Ghost Bridge and the infamously muddy Jericho
Gap, to name a few.
Even a hard-core roadologist like Jim Ross praised Wickline’s work. And Wickline deserves a Route 66
badge of honor for driving the treacherous, hair-raising La Bajada Hill and its two dozen or so switchbacks.
I consider myself a
devoted roadie, but I never would be that brave.
certain
he’ll have its phone number. That alone makes the book valuable.
He’s
already planning a second volume of "I M A G E S of 66." And next year, he plans to open a Roadhouse 66 Bar & Grill in
his native Ohio, which
will be festooned with his signs and memorabilia. The book says that one of the signs will be from the 66
Courts in Groom, Texas, which
he rescued when the dilapidated motel was razed.
obviously such
a labor of love and so comprehensive that these relatively minor criticisms seem like nitpicking. And at $29.99,
it’s a bargain for a thick
book that’s so loaded with color images.
growing list of
Route 66 Merchants. In fact, Wickline is traveling the road through September, distributing the book to
businesses that can benefit from its
sales. Put "I M A G E S of 66″ on your “must-buy” list. It’s indispensable.
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the conclusion of our club's 50th Anniversary Tour of Historic Route 66. You have exquisitely captured images, provided
text and created a layout that provides a reminder of the memories we have and that will entice anyone who has not yet
taken the tour it is truly a magnificent journey on an icon of American travel. I am going to recommend I M A G E S of 66
to the 350+ members of our club who participated on the tour. I only wish I had known about it before we took our tour,
but it was printed in August and we left from Chicago on September 17th and ended in Santa Monica on September 29th.
of preserving the icons of our history - whether these are roadways, structures or the cars we have driven.
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time into his
photos and research. This is a book you will want to take along on your trip. It is so comprehensive, it is much
like having a film documentary
traveling with you. Images of 66 features over 2,000 full color photos spanning 386 pages.
11" x 8 1/2" format with a special Lay-Flat
binding for easy use while traveling.
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About 90% (unsupported SWAG)
of the book's surface area is covered with photographs but it's not an artsy
coffee table book.
It has plenty of descriptive text, quite a few directions,
and a fair amount on contact information but it's not a guide book.
Wickline
calls it "An Interactive Photographic Journey". Good enough for me.
format coffee table setting but in
"Images of 66" they're more works of documentation. The whole route is covered
and that's
a lot of motels, diners, and just plain cool spots. Most appear in
just a picture or two but some get a little more attention.
These include La
Bajada with six pages and a page (plus a pic) on El Vado. The La Bajada pictures
let me get a much
better feel for a place currently (and maybe forever) outside
of my experience.
The Lay-Flat binding is a nice touch and indicates that
the book is made to be used. Sure you can read it (The four page
introduction
doesn't just introduce the book, it's one of the better intros I've seen to the
road itself.) and it is a great view-port
for armchair touring, but it is
intended to ride along with you to help find, identify, and appreciate all sorts
of things along
Historic Route 66. That means that a page might get folded or
even torn now and then and there will probably be coffee or
worse spilled on
some of those great photos. I'm pretty sure David won't mind.
from the author's website: www.roadhouse66.com
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done in the past,
but in a nice softbound book, worth every dollar paid, with so many more
shots than I would have thought of
getting of the current state of so many
places along the Road. Also, I ran into a German man traveling the road
alone this
summer here, spoke very okay English, and met him in the Texas
Shaped Pool at the Big Texan on Saturday Afternoon. He
happened to
have the EZ Guide and marking it up with highlighters all over the place.
I was impressed with his knowledge of
the road, but still having a bit of
trouble finding some things. I went ahead and showed him the Images of 66
book, and he
was so impressed, that he went in later that night and bought
one.
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