Put on your chinos, comb back your hair, hop in your deuce coupe, crank up the radio, and prepare to cruise! This light-hearted look back at the social and cultural activity spawned by the automobile is filled with historical photographs, new color photos and specially commissioned artwork by artist Kent Bash. A lively text examines all aspects of this popular pasttime, including classic cruising venues like Detroits Woodward Avenue, street racing, cruisers versus the law, popular music, cinema and television.
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Cruisin' is time trip back to yesterday's two-lane strip!,
By Peter Fanth (Fort Worth, Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cruisin': Car Culture in America (Hardcover)
If remember the days when you used to hang out at the drive-in and spend most of your free time at the wheel of your convertible (and some nights in the back seat), Cruisin' is definitely the book for you. This book has it all--it's a real flashback to a time that had no equal, an era of cars and freedom that will never be again. The Bash images and Witzel photos are way cool and really send you back in time. Whether it's hot rods, muscle cars, and the many places and pastimes we indulged ourselves with, this book is the definitive scrapbook of America's car culture heyday! If you love cars and enjoy the trip more than the place you are goin' to, you 'gotta get this book!
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I LOVE THIS BOOK,
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This review is from: Cruisin': Car Culture in America (Hardcover)
FOR ALL HOT ROD AND CRUSIN ENTHUSIASTS, THIS BOOK IS A MUST. GREAT MEMORIES!!!!
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Soooo nostalgic,
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Great cars. Great pictures. Great artwork. Say, I recognize Bob's Big Boy restaurant on the cover. Is that Casa de Carlos Mexican Restaurant on Ventura Blvd. in Woodland Hills? They're great, too!Thanks for the wonderful book.
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Kent Bash, Main Street, Van Nuys, Mike Witzel, Los Angeles, West Coast, Robert Genat, World War, Dave Wallen, United States, Woodward Avenue, San Bernardino, Paso Robles, American International Pictures, Courtesy Ron Main, Mother Road, Tom Shaw, Clare Patterson, Courtesy John White, Dallas Public Library, East Coast, James Dean, Library of Congress, Von Dutch New!
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- The American Hot Rod by Dean Batchelor on page 16, page 92, and Back Matter
- Blue Highways: A Journey into America by William Least Heat-Moon in Back Matter
- Classic Cars by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
- The Public Library (In the High Street) by Graeme Kent on page 104
- Cars: Tin Toy Dreams by Teruhisa Kitahara in Back Matter
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- Fast Cars, Cool Rides: The Accelerating World of Youth and Their Cars by Amy L. Best on page 58, and Back Matter
- The Sparkling Story of Coca-Cola: An Entertaining History Including Collectibles, Coke Lore, and Calendar Girls by Michael Karl Witzel in Back Matter
- Asian American Youth: Culture, Identity and Ethnicity by Jennifer Lee on page 338
- Asian American Youth: Culture, Identity and Ethnicity by Jennifer Lee in Back Matter
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