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Hip to the Trip: A Cultural History of Route 66 [Audiobook]
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Hip to the Trip: A Cultural History of Route 66 [Audiobook]

Before and since its official closure in 1985, historic US 66 became associated with the deserts, Indians, and cowboys of the Southwest; the "Okies" of the Great Depression; and the millions of vacationers who took to the highway in their streamlined automobiles and found adventure on the open road from the late 1940s to the 1970s. Route 66 has such name recognition that in the past 20 years it has been used to advertise products ranging from blue jeans, to root beer, to automobiles.

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Tags: automobiles, Route, 1970s, 1940s, found, thumb, recognition, adventure
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Novel by Truman Capote, 1958)
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (Novel by Truman Capote, 1958)The story portrays the life of Holly Golightly, a young woman transplanted to Manhattan with an unknown past. She is trying to find her place in the world when she meets her neighbour, an unnamed, unemployed writer. The novella is set in Manhattan's Upper East Side during the 1940's. It follows the young writer's affections for the charming but strange Holly.

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Tags: young, follows, writers, affections, 1940s, Manhattan, writer, Holly, charming
Like a Charm
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Like a CharmLike a Charm

Karin Slaughter (Ed.) - Like a Charm

With each crime writer picking up the story in their usual locale, each of the authors tell a gripping story of murder, betrayal and intrigue. Running through each story is a charm bracelet which brings bad luck wherever it's found. Set in locations ranging from nineteenth-century Georgia to wartime Leeds, the book features stories from contributors such as Peter Robinson (writing about 1940s Leeds), Fidelis Morgan, Lynda La Plante (1970s Britain), Val McDermid (1980s Scotland) and Mark Billingham tackling contemporary London.

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Tags: story, Leeds, Charm, writing, about, Robinson, 1940s
Fashions of a Decade: The 1940s
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Fashions of a Decade: The 1940sFashions of a Decade: The 1940s

"Fashions of a Decade: The 1940s" traces the mobilization of clothing trends as they marched across the war-ravaged world.
 
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Tags: 1940s, Decade, Fashions, across, world