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The USA from a Chevrolet : scenes from a forty-year drive in a '65 Biscayne
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"Using the family car as a narrative thread, this first-person account explores American history over the last forty years as experienced by the author. From Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush, from ...
"Using the family car as a narrative thread, this first-person account explores American history over the last forty years as experienced by the author. From Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush, from the automotive industry to fast food franchises, it chronicles American life since the mid-1960s"--Provided by publisher.
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- Creator
- James A. Ward
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2006
- Physical Details
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- v, 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780786425884, 0786425881
- OCLC
- ocm69645764
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) and index.
- Table of contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Phoebe's youth -- Phoebe's ancestry -- Storm of the decade -- The seething sixties -- Steamy red stick -- The Dairy Queen klan -- Long hot march -- Literary connections -- Sugar boy -- Road writings -- Back roads -- Out on the blue roads again -- Home again, lickety-split -- Decision time -- Chapter notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Subjects
- Ward, James Arthur, 1941- -- Travel -- United States.
- Biscayne automobile.
- Automobile travel -- United States.
- United States -- Description and travel.
- United States -- History -- 1961-1969 -- Miscellanea.
- United States -- History -- 1969- -- Miscellanea.
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Miscellanea.