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Michael Wallis Category: Person Wikipedia: Michael Wallis Born: 7 October 1945 Description: A journalist, Route 66 historian, and voice of Sheriff in the Disney/Pixar Cars movie series. Page Sections: Biography ยท Bibliography |
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Michael Wallis is an American journalist, popular historian, author and speaker. He has written seventeen books, including Route 66: The Mother Road, about the historic highway U.S. Route 66. His work has also been published extensively in magazines and newspapers, including Time, Life, People, Smithsonian, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. Wallis is also the voice of Sheriff in the Disney/Pixar franchise Cars.
Wallis has received the John Steinbeck Award, the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oklahoma Center for the Book, the Will Rogers Spirit Award, and the Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy Hall & Western Heritage Museum. He has been inducted into the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame, Writers Hall of Fame of America, and the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame, and was the first inductee into the Oklahoma Route 66 Hall of Fame.
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Hogs on 66Best Feed and Hangouts for Road Trips on Route 66 | Year & Type: 2004 Nonfiction Authors: Michael Wallis & Marian Clark Publisher: Council Oak Books Dimensions: 8.5" x 9" softcover Content: 196 pages with color photographs ISBN: 1-57178-140-4 Subject: Motorcycles Topic: United States Numbered Highways Availability: Reference Desk |