The American Dream?: A Journey on Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Men, and the Perfect Breakfast Burrito
Shing Yin Khor$14.44
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As a child growing up in Malaysia, Shing Yin Khor had two very different ideas of what America meant. The first looked a lot like Hollywood, full of beautiful people, sunlight, and freeways. The second looked more like The Grapes of Wrath--a nightmare landscape filled with impoverished people, broken-down cars, barren landscapes, and broken dreams. This book chronicles Shing's solo journey (small adventure-dog included) along the iconic Route 66, beginning in Santa Monica and ending up Chicago. What begins as a road trip ends up as something more like a pilgrimage in search of an American landscape that seems forever shifting and forever out of place.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Zest Books (Tm)
Published: 08/06/2019
ISBN: 9781942186373
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d
Review Citations: School Library Journal 06/01/2019 pg. 94