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Author |
: Doug Kirby |
Publisher |
: Touchstone |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1992 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0671769316 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780671769314 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis The New Roadside America by : Doug Kirby
There are wacky, one-of-a-kind treasures lurking among the Gaps and Burger Kings alongside our highways and byways, and The New Roadside America hightlights them all--covering every interest and organized for easy reference. 250 photographs; line drawings.
Author |
: Jack Barth |
Publisher |
: Fireside Books |
Total Pages |
: 232 |
Release |
: 1986 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015017676399 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis Roadside America by : Jack Barth
A trivia-filled odyssey across America that tells the reader, for example, where to see the world's largest twine ball and how to locate the Lawrence Welk museum.
Author |
: Jack Reid |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 264 |
Release |
: 2020-02-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781469655017 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1469655012 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Roadside Americans by : Jack Reid
Between the Great Depression and the mid-1970s, hitchhikers were a common sight for motorists, as American service members, students, and adventurers sought out the romance of the road in droves. Beats, hippies, feminists, and civil rights and antiwar activists saw "thumb tripping" as a vehicle for liberation, living out the counterculture's rejection of traditional values. Yet by the time Ronald Reagan, a former hitchhiker himself, was in the White House, the youthful faces on the road chasing the ghost of Jack Kerouac were largely gone—along with sympathetic portrayals of the practice in state legislatures and the media. In Roadside Americans, Jack Reid traces the rise and fall of hitchhiking, offering vivid accounts of life on the road and how the act of soliciting rides from strangers, and the attitude toward hitchhikers in American society, evolved over time in synch with broader economic, political, and cultural shifts. In doing so, Reid offers insight into significant changes in the United States amid the decline of liberalism and the rise of the Reagan Era.
Author |
: Lucinda Lewis |
Publisher |
: Harry N. Abrams |
Total Pages |
: 271 |
Release |
: 2000-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0810944340 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780810944343 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Roadside America by : Lucinda Lewis
Both the most complete survey available of 20th-century American cars & a glorious, nostalgic photographic portrait of the icons of roadside America.
Author |
: Lucinda Lewis |
Publisher |
: Harry N. Abrams |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2003-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0810945401 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780810945401 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis Roadside America by : Lucinda Lewis
Mobility was the centerpiece of the modern way. The country turned it inventive spirit to the automobile in the 1890's. Early automotive designs featured varied sources of propulsion, and steam, gasoline, and electricity all had their proponents.
Author |
: John A. Jakle |
Publisher |
: Univ. of Tennessee Press |
Total Pages |
: 310 |
Release |
: 2011-09-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781572338333 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1572338334 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Remembering Roadside America by : John A. Jakle
The use of cars and trucks over the past century has remade American geography—pushing big cities ever outward toward suburbanization, spurring the growth of some small towns while hastening the decline of others, and spawning a new kind of commercial landscape marked by gas stations, drive-in restaurants, motels, tourist attractions, and countless other retail entities that express our national love affair with the open road. By its very nature, this landscape is ever changing, indeed ephemeral. What is new quickly becomes old and is soon forgotten. In this absorbing book, John Jakle and Keith Sculle ponder how “Roadside America” might be remembered, especially since so little physical evidence of its earliest years survives. In straightforward and lively prose, supplemented by copious illustrations—historic and modern photographs, advertising postcards, cartoons, roadmaps—they survey the ways in which automobility has transformed life in the United States. Asking how we might best commemorate and preserve this part of our past—which has been so vital economically and politically, so significant to the cultural aspirations of ordinary Americans, yet so often ignored by scholars who dismiss it as kitsch—they propose the development of an actual outdoor museum that would treat seriously the themes of our roadside history. Certainly, museums have been created for frontier pioneering, the rise of commercial agriculture, and the coming of water- and steam-powered industrialization and transportation, especially the railroad. Is now not the time, the authors ask, for a museum forcefully exploring the automobile’s emergence and the changes it has brought to place and landscape? Such a museum need not deny the nostalgic appeal of roadsides past, but if done properly, it could also tell us much about what the authors describe as “the most important kind of place yet devised in the American experience.” John A. Jakle is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Keith A. Sculle is the former head of research and education at the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. They have coauthored such books as America’s Main Street Hotels: Transiency and Community in the Early Automobile Age; Motoring: The Highway Experience in America; Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age; and The Gas Station in America.
Author |
: Brian Butko |
Publisher |
: Stackpole Books |
Total Pages |
: 172 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0811702294 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780811702294 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis Roadside Attractions by : Brian Butko
Hit the open road for fun and wackiness as the Butkos visit offbeat attractions from coast to coast--dinosaur parks, miniature golf courses, populuxe motels, vintage amusement arcades, classic diners illuminated in neon, and even the world's largest ball of twine. More than fifty fellow authors and artists offer stories about their favorite attractions or recall memorable trips. Visitor information is included to help plan quick visits or an entire road trip.
Author |
: Kelly Kazek |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 2022-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781467153102 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1467153109 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Guide to the South's Quirkiest Roadside Attractions, A by : Kelly Kazek
If you're in Nashville or Austin or Mobile and you have the urge to see something strange, connoisseur of the offbeat Kelly Kazek has you covered. Cruise the South, from Louisville's enormous collection of the world's largest things to Miami's Burger Museum to Odessa's Stonehenge replica. If you're around Hot Springs, Arkansas, you might want to bop into the Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo to see where Babe Ruth's first five-hundred-foot homer came crashing down. And if you're looking to make contact with the unusual, why not visit the UFO Welcome Center in Bowman, South Carolina? Wherever you are in the South, there's something strange or stupendous nearby, and this catalogue of noteworthy curiosities and significant landmarks makes sure you don't miss a thing.
Author |
: National Geographic Kids |
Publisher |
: National Geographic Books |
Total Pages |
: 116 |
Release |
: 2016 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781426324079 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1426324073 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis 125 Wacky Roadside Attractions by : National Geographic Kids
Going on a road trip? See the silly side of travel as you explore the wackiest landmarks from around the world -- a place where you can walk in real dinosaur tracks, a hotel where you sleep in an igloo, a crazy beard festival, a UFO museum, and so much more. You won't believe our world is full of so many bizarre and wonderful places!
Author |
: Eric Peterson |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 128 |
Release |
: 2008-09-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1412796059 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781412796057 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis Roadside Americana by : Eric Peterson
Roadside Americana takes you on an armchair tour of some of the gaudiest, kitschiest, and weirdest wonders in the United States and Canada. The book explains the history of the roadside attraction and gives you an up-close look at hundreds of fascinating examples, including: • Solomon's Castle in Ona, Florida, a shiny 10,000-square-foot private residence and bed and breakfast constructed from recycled materials in the style of a mediaeval castle • W'eel, a 40-foot turtle in Dunseith, North Dakota, made from 2,000 tire rims • The Mitchell Corn Palace, a turreted "palace" in Mitchell, South Dakota, decorated with thousands of bushels of corn and other grains • The world's largest red wagon, Spokane Washington's 12-foot-high, 27-foot-long Radio Flyer that can hold 300 children • Elbe, Washington's Hobo Inn, a collection of seven old cabooses converted into motel rooms If you want to get a good look at the crazy and zany side of America, Roadside Americana is the perfect book for you.