Book Description
Ride to live, live to eat. Here is the ultimate Hog ride down 66. This book is filled with history, factoids, travel information and recipes--everything you need to know to ride the Mother Road.
Michael Wallis and Marian Clark team up to celebrate two beloved American icons, Harleys and Route 66. "Hogs on 66" mixes food, fun and the freedom of the road in colorful photographs, stories, and information about Hog-friendly Hangouts, where to buy your Harley stuff, road tips, profiles from the road, biker wedding spots and several hundred favorite recipes from towns along the Route.
Road, machine and rider have enjoyed a long, colorful history together, a story chronicled here in vintage photographs and reminiscences. You'll learn all about butt darts in Vega, Texas and other behind-the-scenes tales from Harley tours down the Route. You'll meet Harley celebrities who've traveled the road, such as Franklin Graham and Reba McIntyre.
Some eat to ride, but those who ride to eat will especially appreciate this compendium of favorite sights, stories, personalities, restaurants and recipes from the 8-state strip of pavement that connected Chicago with Los Angeles before the Interstate era and still welcomes riders today. Stay home and try out the recipes or hit the open road with book in hand. Either way, you'll find "Hogs on 66" a delightful and essential equipment for the road warrior in you.
About the Author
MARIAN CLARK, a recognized authority on culinary Route 66, is the author of several cookbooks and writes a monthly food column for Route 66 Magazine. Clark started traveling the Mother Road with her parents as a child and settled just a few miles off the Route in Tulsa.
A best-selling author and award-winning reporter,MICHAEL WALLIS is a historian and biographer of the American West who has also gained notoriety as a speaker and voice talent.
Michael has published twelve books, including "Route 66: The Mother Road", and his work has been published in hundreds of national and international magazines and newspapers, including Time, People, and The New York Times. He has been nominated on three occasions for the Pulitzer Prize and was also a nominee for the National Book Award. He has won many prestigious awards and honors, such as the Will Rogers Spirit Award, the Western Heritage Award, and the Best Western Non-fiction Award. Michael appears as a voice character in Disney's animated film "Cars".
Since 1982, Michael and his wife, Suzanne Fitzgerald Wallis, have made their home in Tulsa, Oklahoma.