USA from a Chevrolet: Sceens from a Forty-Year Drive in a 65 Biscayne | 
 enlarge | Author: James Arthur Ward
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1962293
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 220
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0786425881
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.922
EAN: 9780786425884
ASIN: 0786425881
Publication Date: May 18, 2006
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Book Description
In July 1965, an Artesian Turquoise Chevrolet Biscayne rolled off a General Motors assembly line. Little did James Ward know that this car would become a cherished member of his family, playing a role in his wedding, honeymoon, years of graduate school, birth of his daughter, and her wedding, among countless other memories. Four decades—and a lot of history—later, the author still drives this rolling historical artifact dubbed Phoebe. Using the Biscayne as a narrative thread, this first-person account explores facets of American history the author and Phoebe experienced since the mid-1960s, such as a KKK cross-burning, a civil rights march, Hurricane Betsy, numerous local diners, motels, and parks, and interesting people and out-of-the-way places. Looking for remnants of their youth, they drove across back roads in twenty-first century America. Photographs accompany this unique memoir.
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Delightful Road Culture July 29, 2008
How do you get culture? Metaphorically, it's like a four way automobile intersection. If the cars were to collide, you would have a transformation by crash--several forces acting on each other. Although, thankfully, there was no crash here, this story is the perfect illustration of that metaphor. The author invited us "passengers" into his eventful, rich world. We ride along for forty years safely ensconced in his 1965 Chevrolet meeting his wife, family, friends and the people and places of semi-rural America. All of this combined to create culture for the author and in a small way, create culture for those that "touched" the author and his car. What a ride it was.....is.....
The author warmly and delightfully conveys all of these lessons through the lens of his 1965 Chevrolet. Overall, a teriffic story for the car enthusiaist, historian, cultural anthropolgist or anyone who simply desires a book for a thoughtful, relaxing read that will leave you smiling.
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