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Book Title: Hip to the Trip : a Cultural History of Route 66
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.5in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Peter B. Dedek
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / West / General, Civil / Highway & Traffic, Popular Culture
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication Year: 2007
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Travel, Social Science
Item Weight: 11.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 179 Pages