Joe Sonderman and Cheryl Eichar Jett collaborated previously on Images of America: Route 66 in Illinois. Sonderman also has written books on six more states along the route and other St. Louis history works. Jett is the author of five other Arcadia Publishing titles and a well-known historian in the Edwardsville, Illinois, area. The two have gathered over 200 photographs that tell the story of a section of Route 66 that should not be missed.