Summer of 66

It's 1957, and Bud Baxter is running his family's small business on perhaps the most famous road in the world -- Route 66. During these post-war days of upward mobility, he meets a growing wave of college students who spend semester breaks along the two-lanes of America, where they seek its memorable places, people, and experiences. So when 66, as well as Bud's livelihood, are threatened by the coming of the interstates, he recruits over 150 young adventurers to join his once in a lifetime rescue mission. The plan: muster a colorful caravan of bicycles, an aging converted school bus, and crew vehicles festooned with banners of their cause, then parade the length of that Chicago to Santa Monica icon spreading word of the danger it faces. Right from the start, odds lean against, challenges abound, but the reward is this summer-long voyage of hopes and dreams, one which takes the group beyond now-legendary prairies, mountains, and deserts, each turn of their wheels bringing them closer to the heart and soul of 'old 66.'

Pagina's: 200, Paperback, Independently published