Website: Jim Hinckley’s America

For more than three decades Jim Hinckley has been telling people where to go and sharing the adventure.  His passion for Route 66, the back roads of America and the automobiles he has shared through books, feature articles, blog posts, video, Facebook live programs, and presentations.

Published work includes nineteen books on topics as diverse as The Illustrated History of the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company,  Ghost Towns of Route 66, Travel Route 66, The Big Book of Car Culture, and The Route 66 Encyclopedia, and most recently Murder and Mayhem on Route 66. 

 Join host Anthony Arno as he talks with Jim about his extensive book writing career featuring Route 66, and Jim gives personal feedback from some of his most favorite places along Route, his work in his home community of Kingman, AZ, and his early encounter with Jay Leno.

• Earliest memory of Route 66

• Throwing darts on a map to relocate the Hinckley family to Arizona

• The very first book: An Illustrated History of the Checkered Cab Company (2002)

• Most recent book: Murder & Mayhem on The Main Street of America: Tales from Bloody 66 (2019)

• Jim’s favorite Route 66 picks from his book, 100 Things to do on Route 66 before you Die: Museums, Restaurants, Motels, Photo Stops , and Must See Stops

• Route 66 Side Trips

• Most popular Route 66 Topics that Jim often presents to audiences

• Early Route 66 history and promotions

• International Route 66 community

• Visiting Jim’s hometown of Kingman, AZ

• Route 66 Community Education Programs

• Younger Generation of Route 66 Advocates

• Interests outside Route 66: Automotive History

• The curious picture of Henry Ford at the Jim’s boyhood home

• Grandfather Hinckley patents major bicycle component (1898)

• Connecting with Jay Leno and his Doble Steam Car

• What does Route 66 mean to you?

• Next on the bucket list

• Other historical (and whacky) highways in the United States

Website: Jim Hinckley’s America

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Kingman, AZ

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