Advertisement
Magic City Books is pleased to host Jim Ross and Shellee Graham for a free in-store event on Saturday, November 29 to celebrate the release of their latest book, Route 66: The First 100 Years. This event will take place at Magic City Books, 221 E. Archer Street in the Tulsa Arts District.As we head into its centennial year, Jim and Shellee will share their passion for and knowledge of all things Route 66! Route 66: The First 100 Years makes for a great gift book, and we'll have copies of other Route 66 books available for sale at the event as well.
Route 66: The First 100 Years was published on June 15, 2025, and you can purchase a copy through Magic City Books. Their earlier works will also be for sale at the event.
About Route 66: The First 100 Years
Buckle up and take a generational journey with acclaimed Route 66 ambassadors Jim Ross and Shellee Graham as they time travel through the legendary highway's life, demise, and renaissance. Explore the route from its birth in 1926 through its centennial, and experience the events, people, and places that created the legacy ensuring America's Mother Road a place in the hearts and minds of the nation.
As the world's most famous highway, Route 66 conjures up images of dreamers, road-trippers, migrants, and nomads. On a deeper level, it is a story of escape, triumph, deliverance, and adventure during the best and worst of times. From the dawn of the auto age to surviving the Great Depression and Dust Bowl years to memorable mid-century family vacations, destinies were played out on the route, leaving indelible impressions on millions. Those pilgrimages, embedded in our history, continue today, undertaken by millions more seeking to follow the same path and reimagine those times. Ladies of legend, the influence of Indigenous America, neon-splashed boulevards, tourist traps, motor courts, trading posts, and heroes both remembered and forgotten--all these and more await discovery between these covers.
Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of photographs, many of them vintage, the saga of Route 66 is uniquely told in a compelling narrative that celebrates the centennial of the route and pays homage to all whose lives were shaped or changed by this wondrous road.
Route 66: The First 100 Years, with a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Michael Wallis (Route 66: The Mother Road), is crafted from three decades of traveling, photographing, and writing about the route by Ross and Graham. Previous books by them include Route 66 Sightings, Tales from the Coral Court, Route 66 Crossings, and Secret Route 66.
About the Author
Route 66 historian Jim Ross is the author or coauthor of 10 books, including Route 66 Crossings and Route 66 Sightings, and he is publisher of the best-selling Route 66 Map Series. His work to preserve and promote the route has earned him multiple awards. Jim lives on the route near Arcadia, Oklahoma, with his wife, Shellee Graham. Learn more at www.jimross66.com.
About the Photographer
Photographer, artist, and Route 66 ambassador Shellee Graham has authored or coauthored five books, including Tales from the Coral Court and Route 66 Sightings. Her photographs and drawings have appeared in national and international shows, and she is a recipient of the John Steinbeck Award for her efforts to preserve the route. Visit Shellee online at www.shelleegraham.com.
Advertisement
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Magic City Books, 221 E. Archer St. ,Tulsa,OK,United States
Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.
