Category: Roadside Reads & Reels

  • Honk for Service, by Lou Ellen McGinley

    Honk for Service, by Lou Ellen McGinley

    Spotlight on Honk for Service This week’s Roadside Reads and Reels spotlight is on Honk for Service by Lou Ellen McGinley. This one caught my eye after I learned it included the story of the old Parkmoor restaurants, which once had a strong presence in the St. Louis area. I tracked down a copy and

    Read More

    //

  • Route 66: The Mother Road by Michael Wallis

    Route 66: The Mother Road by Michael Wallis

    The Book That Defined Route 66 This week’s Roadside Reads and Reels featured book is Route 66: The Mother Road by Michael Wallis. I picked it up not long after it was released in 1990. At the time, I was working as an over-the-road truck driver, crisscrossing the country and catching glimpses of many of

    Read More

    //