“Route 66 Sightings,” the photography book about the Mother Road assembled and designed by Jim Ross, Shellee Graham, and Jerry McClanahan, has become a finalist for the 2012 Oklahoma Book Awards in the illustration and design category, according to the Tulsa World.
Nominees must have an Oklahoma theme, or be produced by current or former residents of the Sooner State.
The Oklahoma Book Awards will be given April 14 at the Jim Thorpe Association and Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.
On a semi-related note, Michael Wallis has been nominated for two Oklahoma Book Awards, both in the nonfiction category. One is the biography “David Crockett: The Lion of the West,” and the other is “The Wild West 365,” a daily history book. Wallis wrote the best-selling “Route 66: The Mother Road,” which sparked the revival of Route 66 in the early 1990s.
Thanks for the post, Ron. Hope some of our roadie friends can attend the awards banquet.