Father of Route 66: The Story of Cy Avery

by Susan C Kelly and Susan Croce Kelly

Book Overview

If it weren't for Cy Avery's dreams of better roads through his beloved Tulsa, the United States would never have gotten Route 66. This book is the story of Avery, his times, and the legendary highway he helped build.

In this engaging biography of a remarkable man, Susan Croce Kelly begins by describing the urgency for "good roads" that gripped the nation in the early twentieth century as cars multiplied and mud deepened. Avery was one...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806144998
• ISBN13: 9780806144993
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"