Songs have been sung and stories and books written about Route 665. John Steinbeck called this ribbon of asphalt and concrete the "Mother Road" in his book The Grapes of Wrath. Since is incorporated the main street of each town along its path, Route 66 was also called the "Main Street of America" This book is about the road west and the most famous highway in America before "superslabs" and "progress" passed it by. Most of the social history of our country is reflected in the rearview mirror of this corridor that stretched almost across the United States. Joii the historic journey.