While countless books have been devoted to single roadside-culture and car-related subjects, none have addressed in one volume American pop culture's love affair with the automobile. But what is that love affair, if not an expanse of fond memories and compelling kitsch as vast as the nation itself? This smorgasbord offers discriminating readers a tasty A-Z assortment of entries and accompanying images touching upon all the old chestnuts (Route 66, drive-in restaurants, filling stations, et al) as well as some edgier topics to appeal to younger generations interested in the seedier and/or more whimsical sides of roadside America (i.e, Earl Scheib, the Chicago entrepreneur who promised to paint any car for $99, or 1950s juvenile-delinquent hot rod films
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Recensione:
A power-packed paperback on the wierdest and wackiets wheels ever seen in the US. Plus there's lot's more information on America's iconic automobile culture - every page is picture and fact-packed. --The Express & Evening Standard--In the Big Book of Car Culture, authors Jim Hinckley and Jon G Robinson collect fun tidbits on everything from Mustangs to school buses to radial tires. They even write about the AMC Pacer. --New York Newsday
A power-packed paperback on the wierdest and wackiets wheels ever seen in the US. Plus there's lot's more information on America's iconic automobile culture - every page is picture and fact-packed. --The Express & Evening Standard
In the Big Book of Car Culture, authors Jim Hinckley and Jon G Robinson collect fin tidbits on everything from Mustangs to school buses to radial tires. They even write about the AMC Pacer. --New York Newsday
L'autore:
The author may have been born in North Carolina but it is the deserts of the southwest and the old two lane highways that he calls home. Years spent traveling the lost highways of America, a fascination with all things automotive, and a passion for the wild country of the deserts nurtured as a cowboy in Arizona and New Mexico give his books, articles, and blog entries unique perspective as well as passion.
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- EditoreMotorbooks Intl
- Data di pubblicazione2005
- ISBN 10 0760319650
- ISBN 13 9780760319659
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine320