The Mother Road

“Our worn suitcases were again piled on the sidewalk; they had another and longer way to go. But it does not matter, the road is life.” (Jack Kerouac, On the Road)

In 1940 the writer John Steinbeck published his novel The grape of Wrath in which he narrated the path to the west of Oklahoma farmers during the Dust Bowl and how they traveled to the dream of a better life. He will give the Route 66 the nickname “The mother Road” still in today use. (keep reading…).

The full text of the presentation by Nicolò Castiglione is attached:  The Mother Road