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American Cities

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This is a very mediocre book with grainy images that look like some of the exact same photos I've seen in other books, I mean the EXACT same photos. The text reads like a chamber of commerce pamplet, absolutely no research or thought went into the blurb on each city, I mean if you don't know that Cleveland has the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame you must be living under a shell, it's that basic and each city gets barely a glace. I read the previous reviews and I just wonder how many books of this kind they have seen because this one is average at best. If you happen to find it in the bargain section at Border's for five dollars, then I recommend you picking it up, but if not, just flip through it and leave it where you found it.

The pictures in this book cover the spectrum of American cities from Metropilis to hometown, from Albuquerque to Wichita. It includes beautiful 2-page panoramic spreads of each featured city's skyline along with other photo highlights from the city and a few basic facts. If you've traveled much of the US you will enjoy paging through the places you've been. The book is quite big to begin with, so when you open up to a two page spread you really feel like you're right there soaring above these places.

The cities included are:
Albuquerque, NM - Anaheim, CA - Anchorage, AK - Atlanta, GA - Atlantic City, NJ - Austin, TX - Baltimore, MD - Baton Rouge, LA - Boise, ID - Charleston, SC - Charlotte, NC - Chicago, IL - Cincinnati, OH - Cleveland, OH - Columbus, OH - Dallas, TX - Denver, CO - Des Moines, IA - Detroit, MI - El Paso, TX - Fort Worth, TX - Fresno, CA - Honolulu, HI - Houston, TX - Indianapolis, IN - Jacksonville, FL - Kansas City, MO - Las Vegas, NV - Long Beach, CA - Los Angeles, CA - Memphis, TN - Miami, FL - Milwaukee, WI - Minneapolis, MN - Mobile, AL - Nashville, TN - New Orleans, LA - New York City, NY - Oklahoma City, OK - Philadelphia, PA - Phoenix, AZ - Pittsburgh, PA - Portland, OR - Reno, NV - Sacramento, CA - Salt Lake City, UT - San Antonio, TX - San Diego, CA - San Francisco, CA - San Jose, CA - Seattle, WA - St. Louis, MO - Tampa, FL - Tucson, AZ - Tulsa, OK - Virginia Beach, VA - Vergennes, VT - Washington, D.C. - Wichita, KS

This book is a coffee table type book that contains photographs of American Cities. Every major American city is included as well as many smaller regional cities. There's not more than a few pages on any city so don't get this book expecting detailed coverage of any city, but if you like buildings and large photos of city skylines from places as small as Butte, Montana to as large as New York with very few places omitted in between, you will like this book.