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A travelog of America's Main Street. Color Illustrated.A best seller.
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Austin P. Torney
Austin began writing for real around the age of forty, a respite from working as an Information Engineer in the field of Computer Science, doing programming, an art, as it turned out. He calls himself a humanist, and is one who enjoys the liberal arts, utilizing science, for it pervades every discipline. He is currently retired and lives in the mountains of Poughquag, NY, near the Appalachian Trail. He enjoys tennis, writing, fun, humor, thinking, sleeping, poetry, music, dining, travel, romance, reading, swimming, and life.
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Route 66—The Mother Road - Austin P. Torney
Route 66—The Mother Road
By Austin P. Torney
Copyright 2012 Austin P. Torney
Smashwords Edition
tmp_cbdf119b81cd5fa1b28c32b64b865bbd_cDeNIT_html_m7fd0f5d7.pngRoute 66 begins in Chicago.
tmp_cbdf119b81cd5fa1b28c32b64b865bbd_cDeNIT_html_m2fbc4ba7.pngOld Corvette.
tmp_cbdf119b81cd5fa1b28c32b64b865bbd_cDeNIT_html_m51074012.pngSkinny Bridge.
tmp_cbdf119b81cd5fa1b28c32b64b865bbd_cDeNIT_html_md6684cb.pngNot much left.
tmp_cbdf119b81cd5fa1b28c32b64b865bbd_cDeNIT_html_53f00e73.pngGonesville.
tmp_cbdf119b81cd5fa1b28c32b64b865bbd_cDeNIT_html_m50064b1c.pngA fine gift.
The Mother Road
How about a road trip to Chicago, Cynthia?
I asked. "To the depths of the heart, where all things seem and are, to live life and help soothe the dying into death, the last look that love remembers, the final farewell, us also driving amidst the autumn colors on country roads, seeing the burning bushes and colors galore, staying in the warm inns sometimes, ever westward, noting All Hallows Eve, then Obama’s victory party in Grant Park, Chicago, then Route 66, all the
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