For thirty years, the series of six signs posted along roadways were an icon of American life. The little jingles that touted a brushless shaving cream entertained travelers across the country. Many of us who lived during those thirty years could recite favorite jingles by rote. Then super highways and the hectic pace of modern life made them obsolete. Still, for those of us older than thirty-five, Burma-Shave signs are part of our history and treasured childhood memories.
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Bill Vossler is a full-time writer with over 2,200 articles to his credit and a number of books. He and wife, Nikki, live in Rockville, Minnesota.
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Overly sentimental look at fascinating Americana history,
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Burma-Shave is an overly sentimental look at the history of Burma-Shave. The book contains a lot of fascinating information about Americana history, especially that pertaining to the rise of the automobile and successful business marketing through the depression. However, the writing is clumsy and the number of times the author mentions the "good old days" and how much better things were in simpler times gets old really fast. His right-wing leanings are thinly veiled, too.
This is a very quick read, but by the end there is the sense that the author is looking for things to write about. Still, the story is fascinating, as are the photos and the way the Burma Shave slogans, which are all reprinted here, reflect America at the time.
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so many smiles,
By Pricilla Penn (Clearfield, PA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Burma-Shave: The Rhymes, the Signs, the Times (Paperback)
Young and old have sat around together, reading and smiling the messages by turns.
Great thing to do among friends and strangers. People merrily identify with the content.
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Gift to Dad,
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This was purchased as a gift for my Dad and he loves it.
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During the midst of the Cold War between the United States and Russia, shivering American sailors on the deck of a ship in the Bering Strait were astonished to round an iceberg and spot a heart-warming sight: a string of six small red signs planted in ice floes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jingle contest, high school marching band, tooth powder Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Burma Shave, Allan Odell, World War, Great Depression, Pioneer Press, Red Owl, Grace Odell, New York, Don Boxmeyer, George Hamley Odell, Philip Morris, Joe Blackstock, South Dakota, William Childress, Jars Bonus, Leonard Odell New!
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During the midst of the Cold War between the United States and Russia, shivering American sailors on the deck of a ship in the Bering Strait were astonished to round an iceberg and spot a heart-warming sight: a string of six small red signs planted in ice floes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jingle contest, high school marching band, tooth powder Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Burma Shave, Allan Odell, World War, Great Depression, Pioneer Press, Red Owl, Grace Odell, New York, Don Boxmeyer, George Hamley Odell, Philip Morris, Joe Blackstock, South Dakota, William Childress, Jars Bonus, Leonard Odell New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Verse by the Side of the Road : The Story of the Burma-Shave Signs and Jingles by Frank Rowsome Jr. in Front Matter, page 3, and page 8
- Orphan Tractors by Bill Vossler in Back Matter
- South Dakota (Portraits of the States) by Jonatha A. Brown on page 34
- American History: A Survey MP w/PowerWeb by Alan Brinkley on page 6
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