Route 66: For the love of the road

 
By Steve Lackmeyer
Published: June 24, 2007

Michael Wallis is a rock star among Route 66 fanatics.

His name is mentioned with great cheer and fanfare at Afton Station, Stroud's Rock Cafe and among Tulsans planning to celebrate their legacy as the birthplace of America 's internationally famous highway.

The highway had been "decommissioned” for six years when Wallis published "Route 66: The Mother Road” in 1990. It's a title that is nearing 800,000 co...


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